1 lacking strength or energy:
His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the ground. * She felt limp and exhausted.
2 not stiff or firm:
The hat had become limp and shapeless.
limply adverb:
Her hair hung limply over her forehead.
verb [V]
1 to walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured:
She had twisted her ankle and was limping. * Matt limped painfully off the field.
2 [+adv./prep.] to move slowly or with difficulty after being damaged:
The plane limped back to the airport. * (figurative) The government was limping along in its usual way.
noun [usuallysing.] a way of walking in which one leg is used less than normal because it is injured or stiff:
to walk with a slight / pronounced limp
