Cripple
/ˈkɹɪpl/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:17 pts7 letters
Definition of Cripple
noun
- (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
"He returned from war a cripple."
- A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- Scrapple.
- (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
verb
- To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired
"The car bomb crippled five passers-by."
- To damage seriously; to destroy
"My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money."
- To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
"The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save."
- To nerf something which is overpowered
adjective
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