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Uncommoncripple
The correct spelling is cripple.
How to pronounce cripple
/ˈkɹɪpl/
nounIPA: /ˈkɹɪpl/
Say it like: Cri-ppl-e
The correct spelling is cripple. (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. For example: "He returned from war a cripple."
Usage Examples
“He returned from war a cripple.”
“The car bomb crippled five passers-by.”
“My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- 2.A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- 3.Scrapple.
- 4.(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
verb
- 1.To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired
- 2.To damage seriously; to destroy
- 3.To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
- 4.To nerf something which is overpowered
adjective
- 1.Crippled.
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