hobble
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈhɑːbəl/
:
cojera
- Jacinta watched her, noted the hobble in the walk, and marked the stiffness with which the arm reached out to touch the smooth black iron.
- walked with a hobble
Examples
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Out onto the front porch hobbles Pap, wary, slow, sticking close to the open door.
Fiction book (1999) -
I pass all these faces turned away from this bearded man with close-cropped hair and the faint line of a scar on the side of his skull and the hobble of a very bad back.
Fiction book (1996) -
When he ventured downstairs, he walked with a hobble, keeping his weight off the balls of his feet, which were swollen and raw.
Fiction book (2001) -
An old man who walks with a cane and whose face is horribly disfigured by burns hobbles into the medical building.
Fiction book (1997) -
Diminished by a lifetime of smoking, rich food, and inactivity that had limited him to a hobble, my father confided to me that he'd had 75 wonderful years followed by three mediocre ones.
Academic text (2010) -
After twisting her ankle, she walked with a noticeable hobble as she made her way to the doctor.
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The child's hobble after the fall made her parents rush to check if she was hurt.
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He moved with a painful hobble due to the injury he sustained while playing basketball.
Synonyms
51
3.3
An uneven way of walking caused by a hurt leg or foot
5
5.0
An unsteady way of walking as if about to fall
3
6.7
A small limp in the way someone walks
1
8.6
Walking with slow, dragging steps without lifting the feet properly
An awkward way of moving with uneven, jerky steps
To walk slowly while dragging the feet so they barely lift
Compounds
- US
A fast-growing evergreen bush with arching branches, dense leaves and clusters of white flowers
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hobble as a noun comes from the same idea of being 'caught' or 'tied', and it describes the short, awkward way of walking you get when you cannot move your leg freely. That's why a person's hobble is the slow, uneven walk after an injury.