His body suddenly went limp and he fell down on the floor.limplimp1 /lɪmp/ adjective 
a limp handshake His body suddenly went limp and he fell down on the floor.—limply adverb: His arms were hanging limply.—limpness noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The green beans were limp from overcooking.
- I felt limp, like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
- It was like a captain blowing against his own limp sails.
- Others suddenly developed a nosebleed and became limp, pale and lethargic.
- The starch in her collar had gone limp with the soaking.
- There sat Hercules laughing, in each hand a long limp body.
- This will go some way towards relieving the anxiety of those who felt that the fine and reprimands were far too limp.
- Three gold-bladed fans in the ceiling stirred limp currents into the air.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY His body suddenly went limp and he fell down on the floor. His arms were hanging limply.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not firm or strong: His body suddenly went limp and he fell down on the floor. His arms were hanging limply. (=weak – used to show disapproval)· I don't trust a man with a limp handshake.
(=lettuce that is not fresh and crisp)· The lettuce was all wilted.· There was nothing in the fridge except a rather limp lettuce.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Isabel wrenched her gaze from the limp body at her feet.· There sat Hercules laughing, in each hand a long limp body.· The limp body collapsed backwards, the base of Zhukov's skull striking the edge of the sink with a vicious crack.· It took just ten seconds to transfer the limp bodies.· He ordered his men to take down the limp body and remove the handcuffs.· The man carried the limp body to where the Saab was parked.· This is a cat with a limp body that genetically lacks the usual defensive reactions of felines.
· She held a purse in her limp hand.· He studies the little dark face and massages a limp hand until the fingers curl around his own.· He stood up, waving a long, limp hand.· He picked up Doyle's limp hand and felt for a pulse.
a limp handshake His body suddenly went limp and he fell down on the floor.—limply adverb: His arms were hanging limply.—limpness noun [uncountable]