To walk with an unsteady rising and falling gait, as one whose limbs give way under him; to walk lamely and with difficulty; to limp.

intransitive. To limp, hobble.

intransitive. To move with a gait between walking and crawling; to walk lamely, to drag a limb, to hobble. In early use said of the hare.

To walk unevenly or lamely; to hobble; (also dialect) to hop.

intransitive. To limp, to hobble.

Of persons or animals: To crawl, hobble, walk lamely, decrepitly, stiffly, or feebly.

= himp, v.

To move clumsily and with difficulty; to limp. Scottish.

intransitive. To move unsteadily; to flounder; to turn or toss about; to hobble; to jolt along.

intransitive. To walk, jump, skip, etc., with an uneven or hopping step or gait; = hippity hop, v. Chiefly with adverbial complement.

intransitive. To hobble.

intransitive. To walk, jump, skip, etc., with an uneven or hopping step or gait; to move with a hippity-hop.