Cripple

/ˈkɹɪpl/ noun verb adjective

(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

Definition

  1. (noun) (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. “He returned from war a cripple.”
  2. (noun) A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
  3. (noun) Scrapple.
  4. (noun) (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
  5. (verb) To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired “The car bomb crippled five passers-by.”
  6. (verb) To damage seriously; to destroy “My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.”
  7. (verb) To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless. “The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.”
  8. (verb) To nerf something which is overpowered
  9. (adjective) Crippled.

Word stats

  • Cripple contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 1.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 13.

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What does Cripple mean?

(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

What are the anagrams of Cripple?

Valid anagrams: clipper.

How many letters are in Cripple?

Cripple has 7 letters.

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