hobble

hobble is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as noun i, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun i. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
2. noun i. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
3. transitive verb. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
4. transitive verb. To perplex; to embarrass.
5. noun. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
6. noun. Same as Hopple.
7. noun. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
8. noun. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

   Synonyms: hitch, limp

9. noun. a shackle for the ankles or feet

   Synonyms: fetter

10. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: hopple

11. verb. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

    "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

    Synonyms: gimp, hitch, limp

12. verb. hamper the action or progress of

    "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"

Synonyms

hitch, limp, fetter, hopple, gimp

Common word forms

hobbled, hobbler, hobbles, hobbling

Words from these letters

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