Crossword clues for gimp
gimp
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gimp \Gimp\, a. [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.] Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Gimp \Gimp\, n. [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.] A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.
Gimp \Gimp\, v. t. To notch; to indent; to jag.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1925, "a crippled leg," also "a crippled person," perhaps by association with limp, or a corruption of gammy (see game (adj.)).
also gymp, ornamental material for trimming dresses, furniture, etc., 1660s, from French guimpe, Old French guimple "wimple, headdress, veil," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German wimpal).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also (term: guimpe). 2 Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. 3 The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft http://en.wikipedi
org/wiki/Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. 4 (context dated chiefly North Eastern US English) gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep. v
1 (of yarn, cord, thread, et
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) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a ''gimping machine'', creating '''', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. ''See'' '''gimped'''. 2 (context dated English) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves. Etymology 2
n. 1 (context informal English) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet. 2 (context informal English) A crippled leg. 3 (context informal English) A limp or a limping gait. 4 (context slang derogatory English) (non-gloss definition: A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar) 5 (context BDSM English) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See ''http://en.wikipedi
org/wiki/Gimp%20(sadomasochism)'' in Wikipedia. v
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(context informal English) To limp; to hobble. Etymology 3
a. (context dated Scotland and N England English) neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
WordNet
n. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet [syn: lameness, limping, gimpiness, gameness, claudication]
Wikipedia
Gimp or GIMP may refer to:
Gimp is a narrow ornamental trim used in sewing or embroidery. It is made of silk, wool, or cotton and is often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it. Gimp is used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Originally the term referred to a thread with a cord or wire in the center, but now is mainly used for a trimming braided or twisted from this thread. Sometimes gimp is covered in beads or spangles.
The term "gimp" for a braided trim has been around since the 15th and 16th centuries, when gimp threads were braided into flat braids up to a quarter of an inch (7 mm) wide. The braids were sometimes made either with bobbins or needle and thread, which gave greater control over the threads. Gimp trim was then sewn down to form designs.
The name "gimp" has also been applied to the plastic thread used in the knotting and plaiting craft scoubidou.
Usage examples of "gimp".
Such eyes adazzle dancing with mine, such nimble and discreet ankles, such gimp English middles, and such a gay delight in the mere grace of the lilting and tripping beneath rafters ringing loud with thunder, that Pan himself might skip across a hundred furrows for sheer envy to witness.
Well, anyway, when Dave the Dude sees me as he is listening to Madame La Gimp, he motions me to wait, so I wait until she finally gets through gabbing to him and goes Gimping away.
Veere dismounts with so much mud on him that nobody can tell if he is a plaster cast or what, the horse is gimping as bad as Mr.
I remember somebody telling me once that Madame La Gimp is quite a beauty in her day, and has her own servants, and all this and that, but I always hear the same thing about every bum on Broadway, male and female, including some I know are bums, in spades, right from taw, so I do not pay any attention to these stories.
Miss Billy Perry and Miss Missouri Martin get Madame La Gimp dolled up in a lot of new clothes, and run her through one of these beauty joints until she comes out very much changed, indeed.
At 23, he is about as far Left as a man can get in these times, but his revolutionary zeal is gimped by pessimism.
It is hard to understand, in fact, how the shriveled Hearst management can still find enough gimps, bigots and deranged Papists to staff a rotten paper like the Herald.
But I gimped beside him (most of the others were huddled in conferences against the arrival of Classmate X) and insisted he agree that the competition for supremacy between East and West Campuses was essentially a selfish competition, in which New Tammany and Nikolay Colleges each were guilty of seeking advantage over the other in every sphere and extending their hegemonies in the name of self-defense.
He lay in the room he had built for Loli, Soichiro Lee kneeling beside him, while Ruth and Gimp huddled as far as they could get into a corner.
He knew that Danny Gimp often came up with good information, but he considered all stool pigeons unclean, and it was an offense just talking to them.
They are making a tour of the whole world, and will stop over here a couple of days just to see Madame La Gimp.
The broken-down old transport pilot, a shambling wreck with a spine bent nearly double by too many high-g landings, had come gimping up to Bossk, obviously looking for a handout.