| Front | hobble |
|---|---|
| Back | hob‧ble /ˈhɒbəl $ ˈhɑː-/ verb 1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk with difficulty, especially because your legs or feet hurt → limp: He hobbled into the room on crutches. 2[transitive usually passive] to deliberately make sure that a plan, system etc cannot work successfully: Many start-ups are hobbled by a lack of sufficient capital. 3[transitive] to loosely fasten two of an animal’s legs together, to stop it from running away THESAURUS to walk with difficulty limp to walk with difficulty because one leg hurts, so that you put most of your weight on the other leg: Jake was limping because of the injury to his knee. stagger to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling over, especially because you are drunk or have been injured: They finally staggered back to the hotel at 4 o'clock in the morning. | He hit her and she staggered and fell. hobble to walk with difficulty in a slow and unsteady way because your legs or feet hurt or have been injured: My new shoes were so painful I could only hobble along. | She hobbled out to the car on crutches. |
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