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gimp
noun- a limp; a cripple US, 1890
- Leo wasn’t there – probably out chasing missing persons, the birdbrain – but the gimp officer manager, Gil Lazarro, was at his desk. — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 4, 1954
- Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom-struck gimp who couldn’t handle the pressure. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, p. 63, 1971
- This juror walks with a gimp, he’s mad at the world. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 126, 1975
- Hi, gimp. Luckiest thing ever happened to you. — Dan Jenkins, Life Its Ownself, p. 41, 1984
- Well, goddamn, the gimp caught me – at the same time slouching more and sliding out of the chair. — Larry Heinemann, Paco’s Story, pp. 148–149, 1986
- What I want to know is, who’s the gimp? — The Usual Suspects, 1995
- an incompetent or weak person US, 1924
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 93, 1991
- Henry, with his pustulating skin and the carbuncles on his neck and his diminutive chin is not just “gross” but a “gimp” and a “retard” and a “mong”. — Jenny Eclair, Camberwell Beauty, p. 153, 2000
- a sexual submissive who seeks satisfaction in dehumanising, full fetish clothing and crippling bondage US, 1993
A specialisation of the previous senses made very familiar by Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (1993): the film featured a masked-creature (taking his pleasure at the hands of a dominatrix) known only as “the gimp”. - “Simon must have had a screw loose,” chomped Fry, pulling an ill-fitting gimp mask over his flabby features. “And he will be punished.” — The Guardian, 22 September 2003
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