GIMP

Gimp

Gimp may refer to: Gimp , by Psylons, The GIMP Project, a New York dance company, "The Gimp", a character in the film Pulp Fiction, Gimp , GNU Image Manipulation Program, software graphics application, Gimp-Print, a collection of printer drivers, Gimp , an ornamental trim used in sewing and embroidery, Gimp thread, or scoubidou, a plastic thread used in crafts such as lanyards, Gimp , Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, Martin Snyder, Jewish-American gangster of the 1920s and 30s commonly known as Moe the Gimp, husband of singer Ruth Etting,

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gimp

Noun

  1. 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 .
  2. 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.
  3. The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
  4. Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
  2. A crippled leg.
  3. A limp or a limping gait.
  4. A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See '''' in Wikipedia.

Verb

  1. (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating gimped yarn, etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
  2. To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To limp; to hobble.

Adjective

  1. Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.


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