hobbling in English

verb

1

walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.

he was hobbling around on crutches

synonyms: limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, move unsteadily, walk haltingly, shamble, totter, dodder, stagger, falter, stumble, lurch

2

tie or strap together (the legs of a horse or other animal) to prevent it from straying.

He untacked and unloaded the horses, then hobbled them and set them loose to graze.

verb

limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, move unsteadily, walk haltingly, shamble, totter, dodder, stagger, falter, stumble, lurch
hitch, gimp, limp
hopple

Use "hobbling" in a sentence

1. They finally divorced after 3 years' hobbling.

2. Hobbling around on a peg now.

3. Can't have you hobbling around the girls in that.

4. Gazzer came hobbling after her: he had cramp in one of his legs.

5. Undeniably, the Israelites were hobbling “first on one leg then on the other.”

6. Mr. Waddicar the caretaker was hobbling across the landing, like an old lollipop man frustrating traffic.

7. HoBBling to the middle of the floor he did a merry jig.

8. To ease his anxiety, he forced himself to go a little faster, his lope bouncy from his hobbling knee.

9. Nevertheless, he decided to make the trip on foot, hobbling all the way to Fíngoè in pain.

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11. 🔊 Hobbling up the hill, the old man was frustrated that his Balky knees wouldn’t bend like they used to

12. Then, hobbling along on his chubby legs, his belly wagging with every step, he leads Magic to his stall.

13. One more jarring landing on an injury that would have sent football players four times her size hobbling to the bench.

14. She led the way, hobbling on arthritic knees and ankles, into her sitting-room whose windows looked down on the street.