English Dictionary: hobble | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for hobble | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. [bd] They hobbled their horses.[b8] --Dickens 2. To perplex; to embarrass. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. --Dryden. 2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. --Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. --Jeffreys. |