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[ hob-uhl ] / ˈhɒb əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hobble ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), hob·bled, hob·bling.to walk lamely; limp. to proceed irregularly and haltingly: His verses hobble with their faulty meters. verb (used with object), hob·bled, hob·bling.to cause to limp: His tight shoes hobbled him. to fasten together the legs of (a horse, mule, etc.) by short lengths of rope to prevent free motion. to impede; hamper the progress of. nounan act of hobbling; an uneven, halting gait; a limp. a rope, strap, etc., used to hobble an animal. hobbles, a leg harness for controlling the gait of a pacer. Archaic. an awkward or difficult situation. Origin of hobble1300–50; Middle English hobelen, apparently akin to hob protuberance, uneven ground, and to Dutch hobbelen,German hoppeln to jolt SYNONYMS FOR hobble5 hinder, restrict, frustrate, cramp. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hobble ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR hobbleSEE ANTONYMS FOR hobble ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM hobblehobbler, nounun·hob·bled, adjectiveun·hob·bling, adjectiveWords nearby hobbleHobbesian, Hobbes, Thomas, Hobbism, hobbit, hobbits, hobble, hobblebush, hobbledehoy, hobble skirt, Hobbs, hobby Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hobbleThis, more than any one scandal, is likely to hobble the party for the next few election cycles. Paging Rose Mary Woods: Obama’s Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails|James Poulos|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST A few days before, she had managed to stand and hobble around the ward. Surviving Syria’s Incendiary Bomb Attacks|Paul Adrian Raymond|December 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Just the distraction that this kind of case creates can hobble even the most successful, well-run company. Antitrust Suit Could Bring Down Google|Dan Lyons|April 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST But they did not hobble far, for the voice of the Baron was heard in angry expostulation. The Joyous Story of Toto|Laura E. Richards
McNeil was on his feet and impatient to leave before Ashe was able to hobble well enough to travel. The Time Traders|Andre Norton Webb, his ankle injured, was trying to hobble toward a corn field just beyond the railroad right of way. Signal in the Dark|Mildred A. Wirt She fanned herself steadily as she watched the lanistas help Almo to hobble from the arena. The Unwilling Vestal|Edward Lucas White But the Dandy took a hobble chain to the forge, and breaking the links asunder, welded them into smooth round rings. We of the Never-Never|Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn
British Dictionary definitions for hobble
verb(intr) to walk with a lame awkward movement (tr) to fetter the legs of (a horse) in order to restrict movement to progress unevenly or with difficulty (tr) to hamper or restrict (the actions or scope of a person, organization, etc) nouna strap, rope, etc, used to hobble a horse a limping gait British dialect a difficult or embarrassing situation Also (for senses 2, 5): hopple Derived forms of hobblehobbler, nounWord Origin for hobbleC14: probably from Low German; compare Flemish hoppelen, Middle Dutch hobbelen to stammer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hobblefalter, stagger, shuffle, stumble, halt, hinder, hamstring, hamper, dodder, totter, clump, scuff, hitch, cramp, clog, fetter, leash, trammel, shackle, curb |