gimped
adjEtymology From gimp + -ed.
Usually, Of yarn 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).
Cord; thread; wire; cord; thread; wire
Business, Clothing, Fashion, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Textiles Of fabric Adorned with gimp (decorative trim); edged or embroidered.
Curtains; or similar; curtains; or similar
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.1908, Cassell and Company, The Nature Book, page 158:
Informal 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.2003, Scott Oglesby, Riding High, page 60:
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal Modified by means of the GIMP image editor.
- Derived terms
- gimped up, gimped out
- Related terms
- photoshopped