gimping

verb

Definition of gimpingnext
present participle of gimp
as in hobbling

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  1. limping
  2. trudging
  3. trampling
Verb
  • Jenkins was seen limping after the game.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Long dead and limping to the finish, the Cleveland Browns had chances to make Sunday’s 24-6 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals much more interesting than the final score or first-half events indicate.
    Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of limping
Verb
  • Lewis Dunk trudging off miserably down the tunnel at full time reflected the Brighton disappointment.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The ones on sleds congregated on the side table in the dining room, which had a surface of snow-like white marble, and the ones lugging sacks occupied the living room coffee table, as though trudging down from the North Pole.
    Andrew Solomon, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of trudging
Verb
  • The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals.
    Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In other words, politics and emotion are presently trampling on market prices that, by virtue of them being set in markets, are free of politics and emotion.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of trampling
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