'Hobble' definitions:
Definition of 'hobble'
(from WordNet)
noun
A shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: fetter, hobble]
noun
verb
Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn: limp, gimp, hobble, hitch]
verb
Hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
verb
Strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison; "hobble race horses" [syn: hopple, hobble]
Definition of 'Hobble'
From: GCIDE
- Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- The hobbling versification, the mean diction. --Jeffreys. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hobble'
From: GCIDE
- Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. t.
- 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." --Dickens [1913 Webster]
- 2. To perplex; to embarrass. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hobble'
From: GCIDE
- Hobble \Hob"ble\, n.
- 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Same as Hopple. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. --Waterton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hobble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- anchor,
- andante,
- barge,
- bind,
- bowl along,
- bridle,
- bundle,
- burden,
- castrate,
- chain,
- claudicate,
- claudication,
- clog,
- clump,
- clutch,
- complication,
- cramp,
- crawl,
- creep,
- cripple,
- crunch,
- cumber,
- curb,
- dead march,
- deflate,
- disable,
- disarm,
- dodder,
- dogtrot,
- drag,
- drag along,
- drag out,
- droop,
- emasculate,
- embarrass,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- enchain,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- falter,
- fasten,
- fetter,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- flounce,
- foot,
- footpace,
- footslog,
- funeral march,
- gag,
- gait,
- gallop,
- go dead slow,
- go slow,
- gyve,
- halt,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- handicap,
- hell to pay,
- hinder,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hog-tie,
- hop,
- hopple,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- idle,
- imbroglio,
- impede,
- incapacitate,
- inch,
- inch along,
- involve,
- jam,
- jog,
- jog trot,
- jog-trot,
- jolt,
- jump,
- knock out,
- lame,
- lash,
- laze,
- leash,
- leisurely gait,
- lime,
- limp,
- lock step,
- lumber,
- lumbering pace,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- maim,
- make fast,
- manacle,
- mess,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- mix,
- moor,
- morass,
- mosey,
- muzzle,
- net,
- pace,
- paddle,
- paralyze,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- peg,
- peg down,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- picket,
- pickle,
- pin down,
- pinch,
- pinion,
- plight,
- plod,
- poke,
- poke along,
- prance,
- predicament,
- press down,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- prostrate,
- put in irons,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- rack,
- reel,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- roll,
- rope,
- saddle with,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scrape,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- secure,
- shackle,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- shuffle along,
- sidle,
- silence,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slough,
- slow march,
- slow motion,
- slowness,
- snarl,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stagger,
- stagger along,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- strait,
- straitjacket,
- straits,
- strangle,
- strap,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stumble,
- stump,
- swagger,
- swamp,
- swing,
- tangle,
- tether,
- throttle,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- toddle along,
- toil,
- totter,
- totter along,
- traipse,
- trammel,
- tread,
- tricky spot,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- truss up,
- unholy mess,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- wamble,
- weave,
- weigh down,
- wiggle,
- wing,
- wobble,
- worm,
- worm along