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- [hob-uh l]
- /ˈhɒb əl/
- /ˈhɒb.l̩/
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- [hob-uh l]
- /ˈhɒb əl/
Definitions of hobbled word
- verb without object hobbled to walk lamely; limp. 1
- verb without object hobbled to proceed irregularly and haltingly: His verses hobble with their faulty meters. 1
- verb with object hobbled to cause to limp: His tight shoes hobbled him. 1
- verb with object hobbled to fasten together the legs of (a horse, mule, etc.) by short lengths of rope to prevent free motion. 1
- verb with object hobbled to impede; hamper the progress of. 1
- noun hobbled an act of hobbling; an uneven, halting gait; a limp. 1
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Origin of hobbled
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English hobelen, apparently akin to hob protuberance, uneven ground, and to Dutch hobbelen, German hoppeln to jolt
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Parts of speech for Hobbled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hobbled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hobbled
verb hobbled
- limped — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
- hopped — to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
- shambled — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- stumbled — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
Antonyms for hobbled
verb hobbled
- continued — continuing; not having stopped
- freed — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- went — Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of wend.
- moved — to pass from one place or position to another.
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
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