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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudicationverb

    disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

  2. limp, gimp, hobble, hitchverb

    walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

    "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

Wiktionary

  1. GIMPnoun

    The GNU Image Manipulation Program, a computer program capable of manipulating digital images.

  2. Etymology: US slang, c.1925. Maybe influenced by, or cognate with limp.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gimpnoun

    A kind of silk twist or lace.

    Etymology: Gimp, in old English, is neat, spruce.

Wikipedia

  1. GIMP

    GIMP ( GHIMP; GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation (retouching) and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. It is not designed to be used for drawing, though some artists and creators have used it for such.GIMP is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license and is available for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

ChatGPT

  1. gimp

    Gimp generally refers to a type of braided or twisted trim or cord often used in sewing or embroidery as embellishment. It is also a common term for a free, open-source image editing software. However, it is important to note that the term 'gimp' could have different meanings depending on the context. For instance, in North America, it is sometimes used, albeit in an offensive manner, to refer to someone who has a physical disability.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gimpadjective

    smart; spruce; trim; nice

  2. Gimpnoun

    a narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc

  3. Gimpverb

    to notch; to indent; to jag

  4. Etymology: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]

Wikidata

  1. GIMP

    GIMP is an image retouching and editing tool and is released under the GPLv3 license as free and open-source software. There are versions tailored for most operating systems including Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux. GIMP has tools used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialised tasks. Animated images such as GIF and MPEG files can be created using an animation plugin. The developers and maintainers of GIMP strive to create a high-end free software graphics application for the editing and creation of original images, photos, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gimp

    gimp, n. a kind of trimming, &c., of silk, woollen, or cotton twist.—v.t. to make or furnish with gimp. [Fr. guimpe, from Old High Ger. wimpal, a light robe; Eng. wimple.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GIMP in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GIMP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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