hobble

[HobĀ·ble]

When you hobble, you walk awkwardly or unsteadily because you're in pain. You might wipe out on your bike and then hobble back home, pushing it in front of you.

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To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

Noun
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

Noun
a shackle for the ankles or feet

Verb
strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison; "hobble race horses"

Verb
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

Verb
hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"

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n. i.
To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

n. i.
To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.

v. t.
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.

v. t.
To perplex; to embarrass.

n.
An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.

n.
Same as Hopple.

n.
Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.


Hobble

Hob"ble , n. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling .] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ] 1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
The friar was hobbling the same way too.
2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior.
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.

Hobble

Hob"ble, v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens 2. To perplex; to embarrass.

Hobble

Hob"ble, n. 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift. 2. Same as Hopple. 3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.

An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.

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