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Lame vs Gimped - What's the difference?

lame | gimped |

As adjectives the difference between lame and gimped

is that lame is unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs while gimped is wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, leaving the core yarn straight and protected ('). Also, generally, wrapped or twisted with string or wire (').

As verbs the difference between lame and gimped

is that lame is to cause a person or animal to become lame while gimped is past tense of gimp.

As a noun lame

is a lamina.

lame

English

(wikipedia lame)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)
  • Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
  • Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
    • a lame leg, arm or muscle
  • (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • * Barrow
    • a lame endeavour
  • * Shakespeare
    • O, most lame and impotent conclusion!
  • (slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
    • He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
  • (slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
    • He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.
  • (slang) Strangely corny or sweet to an extent.
    • I told him not to bring me flowers, so he brought a bunch of carrots instead. It was lame but it made me smile.
    Usage notes
    Referring to a person without a disability as “lame” is offensive to many as it suggests a derogatory characterization of the physical condition from which the term was derived.
    Synonyms
    * (sense, unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) crippled * (moving with difficulty) * (sense) hobbling, limping, inefficient, imperfect * (sense) unconvincing, unbelievable * uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, irrelevant
    Antonyms
    * (sense, unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) * (moving with difficulty) * (sense) efficient, perfect * (sense) convincing, believable * cool, funny, interesting, relevant
    Derived terms
    * lame duck * lamage * lamebrain * lamely * lameness * lamestream * lame-o

    Verb

    (lam)
  • to cause a person or animal to become lame
  • * 1877', Anna Sewell, ''Black Beauty'': And if you don't want to ' lame your horse you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.
  • * 1913 ,
    • Now her soul felt lamed in itself. It was her hope that was struck.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lame, from (etyl) lamina.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lamina.
  • (in the plural) A set of joined, overlapping metal plates.
    • Related terms
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    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (lam)
  • (obsolete) To shine.
    • (Piers Plowman)
    (Webster 1913)

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    gimped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gimp)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine'', leaving the core yarn straight and protected ('' gimped yarn]''). Also, generally, wrapped or twisted with string or wire (''[http://books.google.com/books?q=%22gimped+buttons%22 gimped buttons ).
  • Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
  • Jagged, as a jagged or uneven edge or outline; notched, edged with serrations or grooves; nicked, dented.
  • * 1908 , , The Nature Book , page 158
    • The leaves ... are slightly “gimped ,” and this gives them an apparently wavy outline.
  • (informal) Crippled, injured; damaged as to awkwardly impede function.
  • * 2003 , Scott Oglesby, Riding High , page 60
    • Then he wheeled him around and began pushing him lickety-split down the hall, the chair's rickety wheels squealing like a gimped grocery cart.
  • (informal, computing) Modified by means of GIMP

    • Derived terms

    * gimped up * gimped out