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What association is it you object to?
Granted, the fourth definition, as a limping person, could be mildly disabilist but I think it's just a case of an old English word becoming two words in different regions (Limp / Gimp).
You're using an outdated dictionary. ;) Try this...
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%5Bgimp%5D
That even negative connotation is slowly being outdated... Especially in English Asia (Singaporean English, Indian English, etc) where it never have any negative meaning.
Seen school and orgs just casually mentioning GIMP.