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hobble

English

  1. 🔊 the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
  2. 🔊 a shackle for the ankles or feet
  3. 🔊 hamper the action or progress of
    “The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean”
  4. 🔊 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”
  5. 🔊 walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
    “The old woman hobbles down to the store every day”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 manea hobble
  2. 🔊 menear to hobble, to hopple (a horse)

Similar words

hitch limp fetter hopple limp gimp hitch amble anchor andante barge bind bowl along bridle bundle burden castrate chain claudicate claudication clog clump clutch complication