Noun hobble has 2 senses
  1. fetter, hobble - a shackle for the ankles or feet
    --1 is a kind of shackle, bond, hamper, trammel, trammels
    Derived form: verb hobble3
  2. hitch, hobble, limp - the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
    --2 is a kind of gait
    Derived form: verb hobble1
,Verb hobble has 3 senses
  1. limp, hobble, hitch - walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
    --1 is one way to walk
    Derived forms: noun hobble2, noun hobbler1
    Sample sentence:
    They hobble up the hill
  2. hobble - hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
    --2 is one way to
    impede, hinder
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. hopple, hobble - strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison; "hobble race horses"
    --3 is one way to strap
    Derived form: noun hobble1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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