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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hobble \Hob"ble\, n. 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. The friar was hobbling the same way too --Dryden. 2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. --Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. --Jeffreys. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. `` They hobbled their horses.'' --Dickens 2. To perplex; to embarrass. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hobble \Hob"ble\, n. 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as he has a hobble in his gait. --Swift. 2. Same as {Hopple}. 3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. --Waterton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hobble n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: {fetter}] 2: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg [syn: {hitch}, {limp}] v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day." [syn: {limp}, {hitch}] 2: hamper the action or progress of;"The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
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