hobble

Meaning of hobble

verb
  1. walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.
    he was hobbling around on crutches
  2. tie or strap together (the legs of a horse or other animal) to prevent it from straying.
noun
  1. an awkward way of walking, typically due to pain from an injury.
    he finished the match almost reduced to a hobble
  2. a rope or strap used for hobbling a horse or other animal.

Middle English: probably of Dutch or Low German origin and related to Dutch hobbelen ‘rock from side to side’. hobble (sense 2 of the verb) is a variant of hopple.

Information about hobble

  • The plural form of hobble is: hobbles.
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Hyphenation of hobble

hob-ble

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • hobble is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

hobble synonyms

Meaning fetter:

fetter

Meaning hitch:

hitch, limp

Meaning limp:

limp, gimp, hitch

Meaning hopple:

hopple

Meaning walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:

shuffle

Meaning (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait:

shamble

Meaning lose strength or momentum:

falter

Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:

totter

Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age:

dodder

Meaning walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall:

stagger

Meaning trip repeatedly as one walks:

stumble

Meaning wind something on to a reel by turning the reel:

reel

Meaning make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger:

lurch

Meaning walk with a limp; hobble:

hirple

hobble antonyms

Meaning walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction:

stride

Translation of hobble

Words that rhyme with hobble

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