Associations to the word «Cripple»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
CRIPPLE, adjective. Crippled.
CRIPPLE, noun. (often offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
CRIPPLE, noun. A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
CRIPPLE, noun. (dialect) (Southern US except Louisiana) scrapple.
CRIPPLE, noun. (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
CRIPPLE, verb. To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to get a physical disability
CRIPPLE, verb. (figuratively) to damage seriously; to destroy
CRIPPLE, verb. To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
Dictionary definition
CRIPPLE, noun. Someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back.
CRIPPLE, verb. Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work".
CRIPPLE, verb. Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.