English-Thai Dictionary

hobble

N การ กะโผลกกะเผลก  การ เดิน ซัด โซเซ  การ เดิน โขยกเขยก  kan-ka-plok-ka-plek

 

hobble

VI เดิน กะโผลกกะเผลก  เดิน โซซัดโซเซ  เดิน โขยกเขยก  limp kan-ka-plok-ka-plek

 

hobble skirt

N กระโปรง รัด ก้น 

 

hobblebush

N ไม้พุ่ม พวก  Viburnum alnifolium มีด อก สี ขาว 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOBBLE

v.i. 1. To walk lamely, bearing chiefly on one leg; to limp; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
The friar was hobbling the same way too.
2. To walk awkwardly, as when the feet are encumbered with a clog, or with fetters.
3. To move roughly or irregularly, as verse.
While you Pindaric truths rehearse,
She hobbles in alternate verse.

 

HOBBLE

v.t.To perplex. [Not in use. ]

 

HOBBLE

n.An unequal halting gait; an encumbered awkward step. He has a hobble in his gait.
1. Difficulty; perplexity.

 

HOBBLEDEHOY

n.A cant phrase for a boy at the age of puberty.

 

HOBBLER

n.One that hobbles.

 

HOBBLER

n.[from hobby. ] One who by his tenure was to maintain a hobby for military service; or one who served as a soldier on a hobby with light armor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HOBBLE

Hob "ble, n. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling. ]Etym: [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ]

 

1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.

 

2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.

 

HOBBLE

HOBBLE Hob "ble, v. t.

 

1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens

 

2. To perplex; to embarrass.

 

HOBBLE

HOBBLE Hob "ble, n.

 

1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift.

 

2. Same as Hopple.

 

3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.

 

HOBBLEBUSH

HOBBLEBUSH Hob "ble *bush `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides ) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.

 

HOBBLEDEHOY; HOBBLETEHOY

HOBBLEDEHOY; HOBBLETEHOY Hob "ble *de *hoy `, Hob "ble *te *hoy `, n. [Written also hobbetyhoy,hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.] Etym: [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day. ]

 

Defn: A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow. [Colloq. ] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

 

HOBBLER

HOBBLER Hob "bler, n.

 

Defn: One who hobbles.

 

HOBBLER

Hob "bler, n. Etym: [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius.See Hobby a horse. ] (Eng. Hist. )

 

Defn: One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.

 

HOBBLE SKIRT

HOBBLE SKIRT Hob "ble skirt.

 

Defn: A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hob "ble-skirt `ed, a.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hobble

hob ble |ˈhäbəl ˈhɑbəl | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury: he was hobbling around on crutches. 2 [ with obj. ] tie or strap together (the legs of a horse or other animal ) to prevent it from straying. [variant of hopple . ] • cause (a person or animal ) to limp: Johnson was still hobbled slightly by an ankle injury. • restrict the activity or development of: cotton farmers hobbled by low prices. ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] an awkward way of walking, typically due to pain from an injury: he finished the game almost reduced to a hobble. 2 a rope or strap used for hobbling a horse or other animal. DERIVATIVES hob bler |ˈhäb (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN Middle English: probably of Dutch or Low German origin and related to Dutch hobbelen ‘rock from side to side. ’

 

hobblebush

hob ble bush |ˈhäbəlˌbo͝oSH ˈhɑbəlˌbʊʃ | ▶noun a North American viburnum that bears clusters of white or pink flowers and purple-black berries. [Viburnum alnifolium, family Caprifoliaceae. ]

 

hobbledehoy

hob ble de hoy |ˈhäbəldēˌhoi ˈhɑbəldiˌhɔɪ | informal, dated ▶noun a clumsy or awkward youth. ▶adjective awkward or clumsy: his hobbledehoy hands. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

hobble skirt

hob ble skirt ▶noun a style of skirt so narrow at the hem as to impede walking, popular in the 1910s.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hobble

hob ¦ble |ˈhɒb (ə )l | ▶verb 1 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury: he was hobbling around on crutches. • [ with obj. ] cause (a person or animal ) to limp: Johnson was still hobbled slightly by an ankle injury. 2 [ with obj. ] tie or strap together (the legs of a horse or other animal ) to prevent it from straying. [variant of hopple . ] • restrict the activity or development of: the economy was hobbled by rising oil prices. ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] an awkward way of walking, typically due to pain from an injury: he finished the match almost reduced to a hobble. 2 a rope or strap used for hobbling a horse or other animal. DERIVATIVES hobbler noun ORIGIN Middle English: probably of Dutch or Low German origin and related to Dutch hobbelen ‘rock from side to side ’.

 

hobblebush

hobble |bush ▶noun a North American viburnum which bears clusters of white or pink flowers and purple-black berries. ●Viburnum alnifolium, family Caprifoliaceae.

 

hobbledehoy

hobbledehoy |ˈhɒb (ə )ldɪˌhɔɪ | informal, dated ▶noun a clumsy or awkward youth. ▶adjective awkward or clumsy: his hobbledehoy hands. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

hobble skirt

hob ¦ble skirt ▶noun a style of skirt so narrow at the hem as to impede walking, popular in the 1910s.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hobble

hobble verb Luke hobbled into the post office: limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, move unsteadily, walk haltingly; shamble, totter, dodder, stagger, falter, stumble, lurch.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hobble

hobble verb he was hobbling around on crutches: limp, walk with a limp, walk with difficulty, move unsteadily, walk unevenly, walk lamely, walk haltingly; shuffle, shamble, falter, totter, dodder, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch; Scottish hirple. ANTONYMS stride.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hobble

hob ble /hɑ́b (ə )l |hɔ́b (ə )l /動詞 自動詞 ぎこちなく歩く, 足を引きずって歩く .他動詞 1 (逃げないよう )〈馬など 〉の両足をゆるく縛る .2 〈計画の進行 達成など 〉を故意に妨害する .