gimping

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present participle of gimp
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
gimp
To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating , etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped

low strings later than the mid-seventeenth century are commonly gimped (wound with fine wire on a moderate core) to allow sufficient tension without excessive mass or stiffness.

gimp
Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep

When people put a lot on what their folks used to do, it always means they haven't got gimp enough left to do anything themselves.

gimp
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

I'm a fisher of men and my gimp is doing a saltarello over every body of water to fetch up what it may.

gimp
To limp; to hobble
gimp
A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet
gimp
A limp or a limping gait

Flat-wheel Walter...who is called by this name because he walks with a gimp on one side.

gimp
A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
gimp
A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia
gimp
Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant
gimp
To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves

In some cases the leather has to be decorated with perforations while its edges may be serrated or gimped.

gimp
{n} a silk twist or lace, edging, trimming
gimp
A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc
gimp
To notch; to indent; to jag
gimp
Smart; spruce; trim; nice
gimp
The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself
gimp
spirit; ambition; vigor; pep; gumption
gimp
A crippled leg
gimp
{i} narrow cord made of silk or other material; vigor, courage, spirit; person with a limp, lame person; limp (Slang)
gimp
A woven ribbon used in upholstering to cover the heads of tacks
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General (GNU) Image Manipulation Program
gimp
GNU Image Manipulation Program Free open source software for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring
gimp
An image creation and photo retouching package - extremely powerful Application currently confined to Linux although ports to Windows and OS/2 are ongoing
gimp
Silk thread, used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire
gimp
A narrow flat braid or rounded cord of fabric used for trimming. Also called guimpe, guipure. Spirit; pep
gimp
disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
gimp
Image manipulation program
gimp
A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc
gimp
A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit
gimp
(GNU Image Manipulation Program) - A popular image editor/paint program for GNU/Linux
gimp
A name-calling word (cf. dweeb, nerd, geek, gump), generally for a person who is perceived to be inept or deficient