English Explanatory Dictionary

limp-wrist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gay man, especially a flamboyant one.
verb
  1. To hold a handgun with an insufficiently-firm-and-stiff grip while firing, allowing recoil to move the frame of the gun too far rearward and causing the recoil spring to absorb too little energy from the slide for the action to cycle properly.

Word forms

limp-wrist limp-wrists limpwrist limp-wristing limp-wristed

Etymology

From limp + wrist.

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