limp-wrist (English, verb)
expansion: limp-wrist (third-person singular simple present limp-wrists, present participle limp-wristing, simple past and past participle limp-wristed)
Senses:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: limp-wrists
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: limp-wristing
tags: participle
present
form: limp-wristed
tags: participle
past
form: limp-wristed
tags: past
form: limpwrist
tags: alternative