Definitions for lame

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lame lame

Spelling: [leym]

IPA: /leɪm/

Lame is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in lame (aelm).

Definitions for lame

noun

1. Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
2. any of a number of thin, overlapping plates composing a piece of plate armor, as a fauld, tasset, or gauntlet.
3. an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.

adjective

1. crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
2. impaired or disabled through defect or injury:
3. weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy:
4. Slang. out of touch with modern fads or trends; unsophisticated.

verb (used with object)

1. to make lame or defective.

Origin of lame

before 900; Middle English (adj. and v.); Old English lama (adj.); cognate with Dutch lam, German lahm, Old Norse lami; akin to Lithuanian lúomas

Examples for lame

Also, he gave a lame excuse: ‘I couldn't find a pic that expresses both sides.’

Your criticism of me as a hypocrite is lame, weak and not really thought out.

The lame girl who played the violin limped down the corridor into the ward.

"Certainly," I replied, deeply sighing at the recital of so lame a story.

He's a lame duck who looks very vulnerable and won't even be able to exact much retribution if he manages to win.

Most of the activities were either dominated by a handful of true athletes, or they were just lame.

First the blind, then the deaf and the dumb, then the halt and the lame—and so on.

One of the most persistent myths in American politics is the media-fueled concept of the lame duck.

"I wish there were crowns for lame boys to win," said Charmides.

The crowd had thickened in front, so that the lame man and the girl had come to a stand.