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What (who) is Cripple - definition
A PERSON OR ANIMAL WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY
The Cripple
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Cripple
·adj Lame; halting.
II. Cripple ·add. ·- A rocky shallow in a stream;
- a lumberman's term.
III. Cripple ·add. ·- Swampy or low wet ground, often covered with brush or with thickets; bog.
IV. Cripple ·vt To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to Lame.
V. Cripple ·noun One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
VI. Cripple ·vt To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to Disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.
cripple
I. n.
Lame man, lame woman.
II. v. a.
1.
Lame, make lame.
2.
Disable, weaken, impair, break down.
cripple
(cripples, crippling, crippled)
1.
A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple. (OFFENSIVE)
She has gone from being a healthy, fit, and sporty young woman to being a cripple.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again.
Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job...
He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life...
He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed
3.
If something cripples a person, it causes them severe psychological or emotional problems.
Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him...
I'm not perfect but I'm also not emotionally crippled or lonely.
VERB: V n, V-ed
4.
To cripple a machine, organization, or system means to damage it severely or prevent it from working properly.
A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy...
The pilot was able to maneuver the crippled aircraft out of the hostile area.
VERB: V n, V-ed
Wikipedia
Cripple
A cripple is a person or animal with a physical disability, particularly one who is unable to walk because of an injury or illness. The word was recorded as early as 950 AD, and derives from the Proto-Germanic krupilaz. The German and Dutch words Krüppel and kreupel are cognates.
By the 1970s, the word generally came to be regarded as pejorative when used for people with disabilities. Cripple is also a transitive verb, meaning "cause a disability or inability". The word crippling is also used as an adjective.
Examples of use of Cripple
1. These actions have combined to cripple the Palestinian economy.
2. The financial markets crisis threatening to cripple the nation‘s economy has become central to the campaign.
3. "Please," she says, "don‘t let him become a cripple." But it is probably too late.
4. For members to refuse such a vote would cripple their own leadership.
5. Damages could run to hundreds of thousands of pounds – enough to cripple a small business.