cripple

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈkɹɪpl/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He returned from war a cripple.
2 Definition

A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.

3 Definition

Scrapple.

4 Definition

(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired

Example Sentences
  • The car bomb crippled five passers-by.
2 Definition

To damage seriously; to destroy

Example Sentences
  • My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.
3 Definition

To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.

Example Sentences
  • The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.
4 Definition

To nerf something which is overpowered

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Crippled.