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noun ɡɪmpɡɪmp 1mass noun Twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming. Example sentencesExamples - To stabilize a buttonhole, cord it with buttonhole twist, gimp or elastic thread.
- They reproduced on a handloom the intricate silk gimps, braids, and tassels needed for the Swan suite.
- 1.1 (in lacemaking) coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some techniques.
Example sentencesExamples - Use gimp - zigzag stitched in place - to frame it.
2Fishing line made of silk bound with wire.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Dutch, of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymes blimp, chimp, crimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp noun ɡɪmpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal 1A physically disabled or lame person. - 1.1 A limp.
2A feeble or contemptible person.
verb ɡɪmpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal no object, with adverbial of direction Limp; hobble. I gimped over to the door
Derivatives adjective North American derogatory, informal Indeed, one character disintegrates so precipitously that what began as a ambling character sketch ends as a farce with a gimpy leg. Example sentencesExamples - He is struggling with a gimpy knee that probably will need offseason surgery, and he has almost as many drops as catches.
- He's all tall and gimpy and has a fast-receding hairline.
Origin 1920s: of unknown origin. nounɡimpɡɪmp 1Twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming. Example sentencesExamples - To stabilize a buttonhole, cord it with buttonhole twist, gimp or elastic thread.
- They reproduced on a handloom the intricate silk gimps, braids, and tassels needed for the Swan suite.
- 1.1 (in lacemaking) coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some techniques.
Example sentencesExamples - Use gimp - zigzag stitched in place - to frame it.
2Fishing line made of silk bound with wire.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Dutch, of unknown ultimate origin. nounɡimpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal 1A physically disabled or lame person. - 1.1 A limp.
2A feeble or contemptible person.
verbɡimpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal no object, with adverbial of direction Limp; hobble. I gimped over to the door
Origin 1920s: of unknown origin. |