gammy

[ gam-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

British Informal.

gammier, gammiest.

disabled; lame:
a gammy leg.

gammy

/ ˈɡæ��ɪ /

adjective

slang.
(esp of the leg) malfunctioning, injured, or lame; game US equivalentgimpy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gammy¹

First recorded in 1830–40; originally dialectal, perhaps from dialectal French; compare Norman dialect gambier “having bad legs,” gambie “l��,” Middle French gambi “bent, crooked,” all ultimately derivative of Late Latin gamba; jamb ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gammy¹

C19: from Shelta gyamyath bad, altered form of Irish cam crooked; see game ²

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Jokingly adding: "But being in Rage Against the Machine and having a gammy leg is quite funny."

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Look up first what to avoid with an gammy knee or similar, rather than typing “routines for one rubbish knee” into Google.

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"It had a lot of memories of my gammy. She died."

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She hobbles – a gammy left knee, I think.

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I am not quite as dexterous with my left hand now and I've got a little bit of a gammy leg and can't walk quite as fast.

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gammopathy gamo-

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