<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.</li><li>To proceed in a lame, faltering, or labored manner: "His writing limps from one cliché to another."</li><li>The old car limped along.</li><li>To progress slowly and with great difficulty; make little or no advance: an economy that limps along at a level just above total bankruptcy.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A lame movement or gait: "The accident left him with a slight limp."</li></ul>