to walk with a hobble

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• walk on — идти вперед to walk with a hobble хромать при ходьбе; идти прихрамывая they took a walk before dinner они погуляли перед обедом to walk with a gymnastic step идти гимнастическим шагом to walk with a staff идти, опираясь на палку to walk with a… …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

• Hobble — Hob ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hobbling}.] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See {Hop} to jump, and cf. {Hopple} ] 1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• walk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ramble, stroll, promenade, wander, saunter, travel(on foot), march, parade, tramp, hike, constitutional (inf.); path[way]; gait, carriage, tread, pace, step; calling, occupation; sphere, province,… …   English dictionary for students

• hobble — verb Luke hobbled into the post office Syn: limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, move unsteadily, walk haltingly; shamble, totter, dodder, stagger, falter, stumble, lurch …   Thesaurus of popular words

• hobble skirt — a woman s skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps. [1910 15] * * * …   Universalium

• hobble — hob|ble [ˈhɔbəl US ˈha: ] v [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Dutch or Low German] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] to walk with difficulty, especially because your legs or feet hurt →↑limp ▪ He hobbled into the room on crutches. 2.) [T… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hobble — verb 1 (I) to walk with difficulty, especially as a result of an injury to your legs or feet: an old man hobbling along the street 2 (T) to loosely fasten two of an animal s legs together, to stop it from running away 3 (T) to deliberately make… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hobble — (v.) c.1300, hoblen to rock back and forth, toss up and down, probably related to its Dutch cognate hobbelen (which, however, is not recorded before late 15c.). Meaning to walk lamely is from c.1400. Transitive sense of tie the legs (of an… …   Etymology dictionary

• Hobble skirt — A hobble skirt [1] is a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer s stride, thus earning its name. A knee long corset is also used to achieve this effect. A dress consisting of such skirt is called a hobble dress. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Hobble — To hobble means to walk unevenly, in an impeded manner or to cause this condition in some other entity.Hobble may also refer to: * Hobble skirt, a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer s stride * Hobble (device), a… …   Wikipedia

• hobble — [[t]hɒ̱b(ə)l[/t]] hobbles, hobbling, hobbled 1) VERB If you hobble, you walk in an awkward way with small steps, for example because your foot is injured. [V adv/prep] He got up slowly and hobbled over to the coffee table... The swelling had… …   English dictionary