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blimp
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n 1: any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person
(after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
[syn: Colonel Blimp, Blimp]
2: a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage
balloon [syn: blimp, sausage balloon, sausage]
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chimp
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n 1: intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African
forests [syn: chimpanzee, chimp, Pan troglodytes]
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crimp
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n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the
napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her
blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
[syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp,
bend]
2: someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or
soldiers [syn: crimp, crimper]
3: a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
v 1: make ridges into by pinching together [syn: crimp,
pinch]
2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle,
frizz, kink up, kink]
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gimp
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n 1: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
[syn: lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness,
gameness, claudication]
v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The
old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn:
limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
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imp
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n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn:
elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
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limp
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adj 1: not firm; "wilted lettuce" [syn: limp, wilted]
2: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp
handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to
know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
n 1: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
leg [syn: hitch, hobble, limp]
v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The
old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn:
limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
2: proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the
harbor"
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pimp
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n 1: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they
call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer,
pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce]
v 1: arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander,
pimp, procure]
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primp
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v 1: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress
when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume,
dress]
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scrimp
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v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn:
scrimp, stint, skimp]
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shrimp
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n 1: disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp,
peewee, half-pint]
2: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
3: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with
a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are
edible
v 1: fish for shrimp
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skimp
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v 1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and
superficially [syn: skimp, scant]
2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: scant, skimp]
3: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn:
scrimp, stint, skimp]
4: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with
the allowance" [syn: stint, skimp, scant]
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wimp
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n 1: a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-
washy [syn: wimp, chicken, crybaby]
2: a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that
interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation;
postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the
universe [syn: weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP]
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guimpe
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n 1: a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's
habit
2: a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or
pinafore dress
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trimpe
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simp
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