Crossword clues for gimpy
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1925 (n.); 1931 (adj.); hobo slang, from gimp + -y (3) and (2).
Wiktionary
a. 1 limping, lame, with crippled legs. 2 exhibiting deficiencies associated with the derogatory term "gimp", such as might inspire discomfort or revulsion
Wikipedia
Gimpy is a derogatory term for someone who has a limp. See List of disability-related terms with negative connotations. It may also refer to:
A person's nickname:
- Lloyd Brown (baseball) (1904-1974), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Stephen Mowlam (born 1976), Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- Dean O'Banion (1892-1924), Irish-American mobster and rival of Al Capone in the 1920s
- Milt Pappas (born 1939), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Gwen Verdon (1925-2000), American actress and dancer whose childhood nickname was "Gimpy"
Fictional characters:
- Gimpy, a main character in the animated television series Undergrads
- "Gimpy" McHenry, protagonist of Manpower (1941 film), played by Edward G. Robinson
- "Gimpy" Smith, a main character in The Streets of New York (1939 film)
- Colonel Gimpy, villain of Crack-Up (1936 film), played by Peter Lorre
Other uses:
- Nickname for the General-purpose machine gun, particularly by the British armed forces
Usage examples of "gimpy".
Thinking maybe a change of scene would kick-start him, the dust and the broncs with their nuts cinched up, the gimpy rednecked riders.
Once he had the gimpy mare back across the slickrock she was more willing to walk with him.
When he got there he discovered that the only Ranger who wasn't dead drunk was gimpy Johnny Carthage, the slowest man in camp.