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    GIMPINESS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feetplay

    Synonyms:

    claudication; gameness; gimp; gimpiness; lameness; limping

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("gimpiness" is a kind of...):

    disability of walking (a disability that interferes with or prevents walking)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gimpiness"):

    intermittent claudication (lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest)

    Derivation:

    gimpy (disabled in the feet or legs)

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