Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gimp
Participle: gimped
Gerund: gimping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gimp |
| you | gimp |
| he;she;it | gimps |
| we | gimp |
| you | gimp |
| they | gimp |
Perfect
| I | have gimped |
| you | have gimped |
| he;she;it | has gimped |
| we | have gimped |
| you | have gimped |
| they | have gimped |
Past
| I | gimped |
| you | gimped |
| he;she;it | gimped |
| we | gimped |
| you | gimped |
| they | gimped |
Pluperfect
| I | had gimped |
| you | had gimped |
| he;she;it | had gimped |
| we | had gimped |
| you | had gimped |
| they | had gimped |
Future
| I | will gimp |
| you | will gimp |
| he;she;it | will gimp |
| we | will gimp |
| you | will gimp |
| they | will gimp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gimped |
| you | will have gimped |
| he;she;it | will have gimped |
| we | will have gimped |
| you | will have gimped |
| they | will have gimped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gimp |
| you | gimp |
| he;she;it | gimp |
| we | gimp |
| you | gimp |
| they | gimp |
Perfect
| I | have gimped |
| you | have gimped |
| he;she;it | have gimped |
| we | have gimped |
| you | have gimped |
| they | have gimped |
Imperfect
| I | gimped |
| you | gimped |
| he;she;it | gimped |
| we | gimped |
| you | gimped |
| they | gimped |
Pluperfect
| I | had gimped |
| you | had gimped |
| he;she;it | had gimped |
| we | had gimped |
| you | had gimped |
| they | had gimped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gimp |
| you | would gimp |
| he;she;it | would gimp |
| we | would gimp |
| you | would gimp |
| they | would gimp |
Perfect
| I | would have gimped |
| you | would have gimped |
| he;she;it | would have gimped |
| we | would have gimped |
| you | would have gimped |
| they | would have gimped |
Imperative
| you | gimp |
| we | Let's gimp |
| you | gimp |
Verbs conjugated like 'gimp'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gimp'
gip,
imp,
limp,
pimp,
simp,
wimp,
aim,
amp,
bip,
blimp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Attested since about 1660, perhaps from Dutch gimp or French guimpe, and likely from Old French guimpre, a variant of guipure, a kind of trimming.
2. The regional sense of "gumption" is attested since about 1905, and may have developed due to the reinforced nature of gimp cord, or possibly the influence of the words gumption and gumph.
Sample Sentences
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It consists of seventy fine spun cotton threads, gimped or tied around with thread by a machine similar to that for wrapping bonnet wire. [1856, Campbell Morfit, A Treatise on Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles, page 435 with illustration:]
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...low strings later than the mid-seventeenth century are commonly gimped (wound with fine wire on a moderate core) to allow sufficient tension without excessive mass or stiffness. [1982, Robert Donington, Music and Its Instruments, page 69:]
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They are prettier cut and gimped in the shape of wheels. [1890, Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, How to Cook Vegetables, page 25:]
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This active material consists of a tape of pure lead, which is gimped whilst cold with deep grooves and ridges... [1906, Thomas Ernest Herbert, Telegraphy: A Detailed Exposition of the Telegraph System of the British, page 438:]
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Each hole is filled by a rosette of pure lead made by rolling up lead strip or tape which has been gimped or corrugated. [1906, George Dudley Aspinall Parr, Electrical Engineering: In Theory and Practice, page 421:]
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In some cases the leather has to be decorated with perforations while its edges may be serrated or gimped. [1978, John Geraint Jenkins, Traditional Country Craftsmen, page 232:]