Limp vs. Lip

Limpverb

(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.

Limpverb

To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.

Limpverb

To move or proceed irregularly.

Limpverb

To call.

Limpverb

(intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.

Limpverb

To happen; befall; chance.

Limpverb

To come upon; meet.

Limpnoun

An irregular, jerky or awkward gait

Limpnoun

A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve

Limpnoun

A code-word among Jacobites, standing for Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales.

Limpnoun

A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.

Limpadjective

flaccid; flabby, like flesh.

Limpadjective

lacking stiffness; flimsy

Limpadjective

(of a penis) not erect

Limpadjective

(of a man) not having an erect penis

Limpadjective

physically weak

Limpverb

To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

Limpnoun

A halt; the act of limping.

Limpnoun

A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Limpadjective

Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.

Limpadjective

Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.

Limpnoun

the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

Limpverb

walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

Limpverb

proceed slowly or with difficulty;

Limpadjective

lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

Limpadjective

not firm;

Limp

A limp is a type of asymmetric abnormality of the gait. Limping may be caused by pain, weakness, neuromuscular imbalance, or a skeletal deformity.

Lipnoun

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

Lipnoun

(countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.

Lipnoun

The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.

Lipnoun

Backtalk; verbal impertinence.

Lipnoun

The edge of a high spot of land.

Lipnoun

The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

Lipnoun

(botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

Lipnoun

(botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.

Lipnoun

(zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Lipnoun

Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.

Lipverb

(transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).

Lipverb

(of something inanimate) To touch lightly.

Lipverb

To wash against a surface, lap.

Lipverb

(intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.

Lipverb

(transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.

Lipverb

(transitive) To utter verbally.

Lipverb

(transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.

Lipverb

(sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.

Lipverb

To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.

Lipnoun

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.

Lipnoun

An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.

Lipnoun

The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

Lipnoun

One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.

Lipnoun

One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Lipnoun

Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip.

Lipverb

To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

Lipverb

To utter; to speak.

Lipverb

To clip; to trim.

Lipnoun

fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth

Lipnoun

an impudent or insolent rejoinder;

Lipnoun

the top edge of a vessel

Lip

Lips are a visible body part at the mouth of many animals, including humans. Lips are soft, movable, and serve as the opening for food intake and in the articulation of sound and speech.