hobble
蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,蹒跚的脚步,蹒跚学步的人
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Definitions
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hob·bled, hob·bling.
- : to walk lamely; limp.
- : to proceed irregularly and haltingly: His verses hobble with their faulty meters.
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hob·bled, hob·bling.
- : to cause to limp: His tight shoes hobbled him.
- : to fasten together the legs of by short lengths of rope to prevent free motion.
- : to impede; hamper the progress of.
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- : an act of hobbling; an uneven, halting gait; a limp.
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Examples
This, more than any one scandal, is likely to hobble the party for the next few election cycles.
A few days before, she had managed to stand and hobble around the ward.
Hardly able to hobble into the room on his bruised and engorged feet, he sported black eyes.
Just the distraction that this kind of case creates can hobble even the most successful, well-run company.
When the flames began to bite on one side he could hobble around the post to the opposite side.
A little longer let me live, I pray—A little longer hobble round thy door.
You get us into a precious hobble through sheer wanton foolery, and then you expect me to like it.
You know about as much of a motor boat as a pig knows of the hobble skirt.
Our people when they are in a hobble always like to employ him, though he is somewhat dear.