hopple

hopple is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse. 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 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.
2. transitive verb. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
3. noun. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
4. 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: hobble

Synonyms

hobble

Common word forms

hoppled, hopples, hoppling

Words from these letters

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