GIMP in English dictionary

  • gimp

    Meanings and definitions of "GIMP"

    • 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 guimpe.
    • 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.
    • The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
    • (dated, chiefly NE US) Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep.
    • (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating gimped yarn, etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
    • (dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
    • (informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
    • (informal) A crippled leg.
    • (informal) A limp or a limping gait.
    • (slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
    • (BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
    • (informal) To limp; to hobble.
    • (dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
    • GNU Image Manipulation Program
    • adjective
      (dated, Scotland and N England)
      Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
    • noun
      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 guimpe.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
    • noun
      (dated, chiefly North Eastern US)
      Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep.
    • noun
      (informal)
      A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
    • noun
      (informal)
      A crippled leg.
    • noun
      (informal)
      A limp or a limping gait.
    • noun
      (slang, derogatory)
      A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
    • noun
      (BDSM)
      A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
    • verb
      (informal)
      To limp; to hobble.
    • verb
      (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating gimped yarn, etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
    • verb
      (dated)
      To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
    • noun
      disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
    • verb
      walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

    Synonyms of "GIMP" in English dictionary

    hitch, lameness, limp are the top synonyms of "GIMP" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of GIMP

    • gimp ( third-person singular simple present gimps, present participle gimping, simple past and past participle gimped)
    • gimp ( plural  gimps)
    • gimp ( comparative more gimp, superlative most gimp)
    • gimp ( uncountable)
    • gimp (comparative more gimp, superlative most gimp)
    • gimp (plural gimps)
    • gimp (third-person singular simple present gimps, present participle gimping, simple past and past participle gimped)
  • GIMP

    Meanings and definitions of "GIMP"

    • The GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of manipulating digital images.
    • noun
      (uncountable, software)
      The GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of manipulating digital images.
    • noun
      (countable, particle physics)
      Abbreviation of [i]gravitationally interacting massive particle[/i].

    Grammar and declension of GIMP

    • GIMP ( plural  GIMPs)
    • GIMP (countable and uncountable, plural GIMPs)

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