gimp

IPA: gˈɪmp

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.
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.
The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
(dated, chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption
(informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
(informal) A crippled leg.
(informal) A limp or a limping gait.
(slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
(BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
(video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.
(uncountable, software) Acronym of GNU Image Manipulation Program. A computer program capable of editing and manipulating digital images.
(countable, particle physics) Abbreviation of gravitationally interacting massive particle. [(particle physics) A type of dark matter that only interacts with normal matter through the force of gravity.]

(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.
(dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
(intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.
(transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.

(dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

Examples of "gimp" in Sentences

The gimp is a white linen collar, very deep in front.
While teh gimp is sometimes funny, teh pwnzor, teh plox!
It could be that the gimp is wearing the ONLY stab vest that patrol has.
And it just hit me last night that the woman who is the "gimp" played Blair's MS cousin on "Facts of Life".
Probably because he's never played a dying gimp, which is what the Oscars look for when heaping kudos onto actors.
Newsarama recently visited the set and broke these first official stills of Aaron Johnson looking like some kind of gimp ninja.
If I had had a little more 'gimp' and _verve_, I might have equalled the particular young gentleman of whom we have been discoursing.
Ugh i hate how brushes work in gimp, its so damn difficult to setup a dynamic resize and they dont match the size correctly. schragnasher
He gave her a history of the place, of Parker (the "gimp" grandson) Olafson's backwater deals and his wife's infidelities, of Louisiana boys pickled by sun and water, found in the glades.
And for all my graphic stuff I ended up with a mac, gimp is pretty good, f-spot also works, but adobe stuff is just a different league (pricewise for sure, if it weren’t for student versions I never would spend so much money on software)