hobble

Speech parts

1. hobble - Noun

2. hobble - Verb

Meaning

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

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

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.

Same as Hopple.

Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

limp fetter gimp cripple lurch shamble shuffle hitch stumble falter stagger totter hopple walk with a limp slough
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Antonyms

angel further support back run attack
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Hypernyms

trammel bond walk hinder gait strap

Phrases with the word

hobble-legged hobble knot

Derivatives

hobbled hobbling

Anagrams

hobbel

Examples

This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don't you think so? Thomas Hardy

They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist. Malcolm Wilson

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them. Jessica Brown Findlay

The old woman hobbles down to the store every day Source: Internet

hobble race horses Source: Internet

The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hobbitlike hobbitry hobbity hobble chain hobble knot hobble rope