"hobble" Definition

Definitions for the word "hobble" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n. i.
To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n. i.
To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To perplex; to embarrass.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Same as Hopple.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
(-ling) 1 walk lamely; limp. 2 tie together the legs of (a horse etc.) To prevent it from straying. n. 1 uneven or infirm gait. 2 rope etc. For hobbling a horse etc. [probably low german]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. slang
trouble of any kind. A man is said to be in a HOBBLE when he has offended the proprieties in any way, “from pitch and toss to manslaughter.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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