Definition of Cripple
Cripple
crip·ple
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
someone who is deficient, disabled, or somehow limited in some particular way;
e.g. He is an emotional cripple who struggles with engaging and empathizing with people.
(noun)
a person or animal who/that is partially disabled and unable to walk due to injury in the back or legs, often considered offensive;
e.g. Her daughter is a cripple who moves around in a wheelchair.
(verb)
to cause someone or something to be severely damaged in a way that destroys its/their functioning, efficiency, strength, or wholeness;
e.g. This disaster will cripple the local economy and crush small businesses.
(verb)
to deprive a person or animal of their use of a limb, typically a leg, in a way that makes them unable to move or walk normally;
e.g. This injury will most likely cripple him and prevent him from walking again.
(adjective)
having some imperfection, flaw or impairment, such as being unable to walk;
e.g. I saw a cripple deer hobble out of the woods with an injured hind leg.
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