Usually means: Lacking firmness or stiffness; flaccid.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word limp:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. limp: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. limp, limp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. limp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. limp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. limp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Limp, limp: Wordnik
  7. limp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. limp: Wiktionary
  9. limp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. limp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. limp: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. limp: Dictionary.com
  13. limp (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. limp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Limp (band), Limp (disambiguation), Limp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Limp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. limp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. limp: Rhymezone
  19. limp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. limp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Limp: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. limp: Free Dictionary
  23. limp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. limp: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. limp: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. limp (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. limp: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LIMP: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. LIMP: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. limp: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. LIMP: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. limp: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LIMP: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. L.I.M.P: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Limp: Dan's Poker
  2. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Limp: Poker Terms

(Note: See limped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.
verb:  (poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
noun:  An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
noun:  A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
adjective:  flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
adjective:  lacking stiffness; flimsy
adjective:  (of a penis) not erect
adjective:  (of a man) not having an erect penis
adjective:  physically weak
verb:  (intransitive, stative) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
noun:  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.
verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.

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