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1 hobble
/'hɔbl/ * danh từ - dáng đi tập tễnh, dáng đi khập khiễng, dáng đi cà nhắc - dây chằng (đê buộc chằng chân ngựa... cho khỏi đi xa) - tình trạng khó khăn, tình trạng lúng túng * nội động từ - đi tập tễnh, đi khập khiễng, đi cà nhắc - nói ấp úng, nói trúc trắc - hành động do dự; tiến hành trục trặc - trúc trắc (câu thơ) * ngoại động từ - làm cho đi tập tễnh, làm cho đi khập khiễng, làm cho đi cà nhắc - buộc chằng (chân ngựa... cho khỏi đi xa) -
2 hobble-skirt
/'hɔblskə:t/ * danh từ - váy bó ống (chân)
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Hobble — Hob ble, n. 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as {Hopple}. [1913 Webster] 3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hobble skirt — Hob ble skirt A woman s skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. {Hob ble skirt ed}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hobble-skirted — Hobble skirt Hob ble skirt A woman s skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. {Hob ble skirt ed}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hobble — [v1] limp clump, dodder, falter, halt, hitch, scuff, shuffle, stagger, stumble, totter; concept 151 Ant. go, move, run, walk hobble [v2] cripple, restrict clog, cramp, cramp one’s style, crimp, curb, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gimp, hamper,… … New thesaurus
hobble — [häb′əl] vi. hobbled, hobbling [ME hobelen (akin to Du hobbelen, Ger dial. hobbeln) < base of hoppen (see HOP1) + freq. suffix] 1. to go unsteadily, haltingly, etc. 2. to walk lamely or awkwardly; limp vt. 1. to cause to go haltingly or … English World 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
Hobble — Hob ble, v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. They hobbled their horses. Dickens [1913 Webster] 2. To perplex; to embarrass. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hobble — index block, maim, repress, restrict, trammel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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 — ► VERB 1) walk awkwardly, typically because of pain. 2) strap together the legs of (a horse) to prevent it straying. 3) be or cause a problem for. ► NOUN 1) an awkward way of walking. 2) a rope or strap for hobbling a horse. DER … English terms dictionary
hobble skirt — n. a woman s long skirt so narrow below the knees as to hinder the wearer s movements; esp., such a skirt popular from 1910 to 1914 … English World dictionary
