cripple

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹɪpl/
• SAMPA: /kr\Ipl/
• Hyphenation: crip‧ple

Verb

Plain form cripple

Third-person singular cripples

Past tense crippled

Past participle crippled

Present participle crippling

1. (transitive) If you cripple something, you damage it so that it cannot work normally.

   The car crash crippled him, and now he can't walk.

   The game is crippled with a 60-minute free version until Mom buys it.