gimped
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gimped
Where it comes from
From gimp + -ed.
verb
- simple past and past participle of gimp
adjective more gimped · most gimped
- Wrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, leaving the core yarn straight and protected (gimped yarn). Also, generally, wrapped or twisted with string or wire (gimped buttons).
- Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
- Jagged, as a jagged or uneven edge or outline; notched, edged with serrations or grooves; nicked, dented. The leaves... are slightly “gimped,” and this gives them an apparently wavy outline.
- Crippled, injured; damaged as to awkwardly impede function. Then he wheeled him around and began pushing him lickety-split down the hall, the chair's rickety wheels squealing like a gimped grocery cart.
- Modified by means of the GIMP image editor.
Similar: notched, toothed, serrated, imbrued, injured, deteriorated
