adj. & v.
--adj.
1. disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping; unable to walk normally (lame in his right leg).
2 a (of an argument, story, excuse, etc.) unconvincing; unsatisfactory; weak. b (of verse etc.) halting.
--v.tr.
1. make lame; disable.
2 harm permanently.
Phrases and idioms:
lame-brain US colloq. a stupid person. lame duck
1. a disabled or weak person.
2 a defaulter on the Stock Exchange.
3 a firm etc. in financial difficulties.
4 US an official (esp. the President) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor.
Derivatives:
lamely adv. lameness n. lamish adj.
Etymology: OE lama f. Gmc