Definitions for hobble

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hobble hob·ble

Spelling: [hob-uh l]

IPA: /ˈhɒb əl/

Hobble is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in hobble (bbehlo).

Definitions for hobble

noun

1. an act of hobbling; an uneven, halting gait; a limp.
2. a rope, strap, etc., used to hobble an animal.
3. hobbles, a leg harness for controlling the gait of a pacer.
4. Archaic. an awkward or difficult situation.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to limp:
2. to fasten together the legs of (a horse, mule, etc.) by short lengths of rope to prevent free motion.
3. to impede; hamper the progress of.

verb (used without object)

1. to walk lamely; limp.
2. to proceed irregularly and haltingly:

Origin of hobble

1300-50; Middle English hobelen, apparently akin to hob protuberance, uneven ground, and to Dutch hobbelen, German hoppeln to jolt

Examples for hobble

Hardly able to hobble into the room on his bruised and engorged feet, he sported black eyes.

Thus neither animal could so much as hobble one way or the other.

You know about as much of a motor boat as a pig knows of the hobble skirt.

The enemy was leading the general, who could just hobble, and Fitz, back to the camp.

Just the distraction that this kind of case creates can hobble even the most successful, well-run company.

This, more than any one scandal, is likely to hobble the party for the next few election cycles.

A few days before, she had managed to stand and hobble around the ward.

The excitement being over, it was with very great difficulty the crippled savage could hobble his way back to the camp.

Johnny started to hobble down the porch steps when Barney stopped him.

It must be hard work for him to hobble through the world on his wooden leg.