cripple
Pronunciation
[change]- IPA (key): /krɪpl/
- SAMPA: /kr\Ipl/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: crip‧ple
Noun
[change]- (countable) (old, no longer used) (vulgar) A cripple is a person whose mobility has been impaired or disabled.
- The cripple couldn't find a job and started to beg on the streets.
Verb
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- (transitive) If you cripple something, you damage it so that it cannot work normally.
- The car crash crippled him, and now he can't walk.
- The game is crippled with a 60-minute free version until Mom buys it.