crip´pler

crip´pler: crip|ple «KRIHP uhl», noun, adjective, verb, -pled, -pling.

–n.

1. a person or animal that cannot use his legs, arms, or body properly because of injury, deformity, or lack; lame person or animal: »Long John Silver was a cripple who limped on a wooden leg.

2. (in building) any part of a frame that is shorter than full size.

3. U.S. a dense thicket in swampy or low-land.

4. a railroad car or locomotive that needs repair.

5. a temporary staging or support, as in washing windows.

–adj.

disabled; lame.

–v.t.

1. to make a cripple of; lame.

2. Figurative. to damage; weaken: »The ship was crippled by the storm. Business was crippled by a series of strikes.
SYNONYM(S): impair, disable.

╂[Old English crypel. See related etym. at creep. (Cf. ↑creep)]

–crip´pler, noun.

Synonym Study transitive verb. 1 Cripple, disable mean to deprive of the ability or power to carry on normal activities. Cripple means to deprive a person or animal of the use of a leg, foot, or arm: »He has been crippled since he broke his hip.
Disable means to deprive of the ability to work or act normally: »The man is disabled by a heart condition.

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crip|ple — «KRIHP uhl», noun, adjective, verb, pled, pling. –n. 1. a person or animal that cannot use his legs, arms, or body properly because of injury, deformity, or lack; lame person or animal: »Long John Silver was a cripple who limped on a wooden leg.… … Useful english dictionary
pler — cou·pler; cou·pler·ess; crip·pler; crum·pler; grap·pler; peo·pler; pler·er·gate; rip·pler; sar·pler; scru·pler; stip·pler; tip·pler; tri·pler; sam·pler; sta·pler; scrap·pler; … English syllables
crip — as·crip·tion; crip·ple·dom; crip·ple·ment; crip·pler; bro·mo·crip·tine; crip; crip·ple; crip·pling·ly; … English syllables
crippler — crip·pler … English syllables
cripple — crip•ple [[t]ˈkrɪp əl[/t]] n. v. pled, pling. usage: The term cripple in the sense of “a lame or disabled person” is usually perceived as offensive and is not used very often nowadays. The noun cripple and the adjective crippled have largely been … From formal English to slang
crippler — crip·pler (ə )lər n a disease that results in crippling <polio was once a major crippler of children> … Medical dictionary
Crippler — Crip pler ( pl?r), n. A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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