Word

hobble, v.
(hobbled, hobbles, hobbling)
freq. cnt. 3

walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

gimp hitch hobble limp

sample sentences

"The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
They %s up the hill

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
They %s up the hill

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

limp limper

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hobble hobbler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hitch

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

gimp

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

hamper the action or progress of
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

hobble

sample sentences

"The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

hinder, impede

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
<verb.contact>

hobble hopple

sample sentences

"hobble race horses"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hobble

semantic pointers

hypernym

strap