hobble

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a shackle for the ankles or feet
• Syn:
fetter
• Derivationally related forms:
fetter (for: fetter)
• Hypernyms:
shackle, bond, hamper, trammel
2. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Syn:
hitch, limp
• Derivationally related forms:
limp (for: limp), hitch (for: hitch)
• Hypernyms:
gait

II - verb

1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury (Freq. 2)
- The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
• Syn:
limp, gimp, hitch
• Derivationally related forms:
hitch (for: hitch), hobbler, gimp (for: gimp), limp (for: limp), limper (for: limp)
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- They hobble up the hill
2. hamper the action or progress of (Freq. 1)
- The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean
• Hypernyms:
impede, hinder
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
- hobble race horses
• Syn:
hopple
• Hypernyms:
strap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hitch, limp, fetter, hopple, gimp