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verb-intransitive. To walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; limp.

v. To put a device around the legs of (a horse, for example) so as to hamper but not prevent movement.

v. To cause to limp.

v. To hamper the action or progress of; impede. See Synonyms at hamper1.

n. A hobbling walk or gait.

n. A device, such as a rope or strap, used to hobble an animal.

n. Archaic An awkward situation.

n. Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

n. An unsteady, off-balance step.

v. To restrict a horse with hobbles.

v. To walk unevenly.

verb-intransitive. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

verb-intransitive. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.

v. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.

v. To perplex; to embarrass.

n. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt.

n. Same as Hopple.

n. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

To go with a hop or hitch; walk with a hitch; go on crutches; go lamely; limp.

To dance.

To move roughly or irregularly, as verse.

To tie the legs of together so as to impede or prevent free motion; clog; hopple.

To perplex; embarrass.

n. An unequal, halting gait; a limp; an awkward step.

n. Difficulty; perplexity; scrape.

n. Anything used to hamper the feet of an animal, especially a rope tied to the fore legs of a horse to insure its being caught when wanted; a clog; a fetter.

n. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

n. a shackle for the ankles or feet

v. 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

v. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

v. hamper the action or progress of

"Numps has sent for me to see poor little Greek and Latin hobble to the altar, but, 'tis a million to one, if our noble baronet does not whisk you there before her."

hobbled    hobbles    hobbling   

gait    bond    hamper    trammel    shackle    strap    walk    impede    hinder   

hopple   

hobbled    hobbling    hobbly    unhobble   

hopple    clog    perplex    Embarrass    limp    halt    difficulty    perplexity    embarrassment    falter   

Nobile    cobble    gobble    squabble    wobble