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Antonyms for hobble

Grammar : Verb
Spell : hob-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒb əl

Definition of hobble

Origin :
  • c.1300, hoblen "to rock back and forth, toss up and down," probably related to its Dutch cognate hobbelen (which, however, is not recorded before late 15c.).
  • Meaning "to walk lamely" is from c.1400. Transitive sense of "tie the legs (of an animal)" first recorded 1831, probably an alteration of 16c. hopple, cognate with Flemish hoppelen "to rock, jump," which also is related to Dutch hobbelen. Sense of "hamper, hinder" is c.1870. Related: Hobbled; hobbling. The noun is 1727, from the verb.
  • verb limp
  • verb cripple, restrict
Example sentences :
  • Thus neither animal could so much as hobble one way or the other.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • You know about as much of a motor boat as a pig knows of the hobble skirt.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • The enemy was leading the general, who could just hobble, and Fitz, back to the camp.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • It must be hard work for him to hobble through the world on his wooden leg.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Amy » by Francis Forrester
  • The excitement being over, it was with very great difficulty the crippled savage could hobble his way back to the camp.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Johnny started to hobble down the porch steps when Barney stopped him.
  • Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael
  • With two sticks, I can hobble about the house and garden; without them, behold me a fixture.
  • Extract from : « Rita » by Laura E. Richards
  • Now, here it is: What could I do, with this old timber I hobble on?
  • Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The fact is, I may have appeared to have been rather in a hobble, but it was all assumed—all put on, my dear.
  • Extract from : « Three Hats » by Alfred Debrun
  • Is it the first time that I have thrust myself into a hobble?
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 » by Various

Synonyms for hobble

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