hobbling
present participle ofhobble
hobble
verb
uk/ˈhɒb.əl/us/ˈhɑː.bəl/hobbleverb(WALK)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
towalkin anawkwardway, usually because thefeetorlegsareinjured:
The lasttimeIsawRachel she was hobbling around with astick.
Some of therunnerscould onlymanageto hobble over thefinishingline.
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
- blunder
- bumble
- dodder
- dodderer
- doddery
- have two left feetidiom
- hobble
- limp
- lollop
- lumber
- lurch
- reel
- shuffle
- squeeze
- stumble
- toddle
- toil
- totter
- tottering
- trip(someone)up
hobbleverb(LIMIT)
[T]
tolimitsomething orcontrolthefreedomof someone:
Alonglistofamendmentshave hobbled the newlegislation.
[T]literary
If you hobble ananimal,especiallyahorse, youtietwo ofitslegstogether so that it cannotrunaway.
Limiting and restricting
- anti-libertarian
- boundary
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- chain
- chainsomeonetosomething
- cramp
- curb
- curtail
- curtailment
- damage limitation
- debilitating
- hamstring
- infringe
- limitation
- limiting
- localize
- muzzle
- non-exempt
- non-proliferation
- straitjacket
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Examplesofhobbling
hobbling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Far fromhobblingthe comedy, this piece of business was instantly hailed by his fellow actors as a hoot and adopted.
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They may be helping a lame dog over a stile, but at the same time they arehobblinga sound dog.
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It is like urging a horse to gallop whilsthobblingit at the same time.
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There are clearly not vast numbers of wounded foxeshobblingaround the countryside.
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It is a deliberatehobblingof the trade union movement and a deliberate destruction of the trade unions' ability to act.
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They succeeded inhobblingthe trade union movement to a point where opposition is virtually nil, and yet what have they done?
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Is it not a scandalous thing to see a wounded soldierhobblingalong on two crutches and struggling with a kit of 8o lbs.
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We cannot urge a horse to gallop whilehobblingit at the same time.
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The single market ishobblingbadly - and it hurts to watch it - because its fourth leg, the freedom of movement of workers, is lame.
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It is, therefore,hobblingthem and giving an unnatural advantage to the private company.
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It is a mistake to think that we arehobblingauthorities because they are now private whereas they used to be public utilities.
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He has never had any compensation whatsoever, he has never even had a wooden leg, and ever since then he has beenhobblingabout on crutches.
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I am sure that they would find this veryhobblingin terms of their ability to respond, because the time limit would be halved and could be seen as unreasonable.
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The name reportedly originated with a previous brewmaster of the brewery who possessed ahobblinggait.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whoever is arrogant or shy continues with thehobbling-cord of his sickness.
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