HOBBLE, HOBBLING
ADJECTIVES
► HAUCHLIN hobbling, limping, shambling → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
► COB to limp, to hobble → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRAFFLE to hobble → 19C Eng. dial.
► CRAMBLE ► CRAMPLE to crawl, to hobble, to walk lamely, stiffly, or feebly → 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRIMPLE to stand or walk lamely; to hobble, to limp; to move with pain or stiffness → 1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRIP AROUND to walk or creep around like a cripple, usually from some injury or rheumatism; to hobble → 1960 Amer. dial.
► CRIPPLE to move as if crippled, to walk lamely, to limp or hobble → c1220
► DANDER ► DANER ► DANNER ► DAUNDER ► DONDER to hobble → 1727 Sc.
► GIMP to limp, to hobble → 1925 sl., orig. US
► HABBLE to move unsteadily, to hobble, to limp about → 1788 Sc.
► HAINCH to walk with a limp, to hobble → 1825 Sc.
► HAUCHLE to walk lamely or with difficulty; to hobble, to drag the feet along the ground → 1895 Sc. & N. Ireland
► HECKLE to hobble → 1892 Sc.
► HICKLE to limp, to hobble → 1907 Amer. dial.
► HIMPLE to limp, to hobble, to go lame → 1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HIRPLE to limp, to walk lamely or in a hobbling manner → c1450 chiefly Scot & N. Eng. dial.
► JAKE-WALK to hobble; to walk more heavily on one foot than the other → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PAUCHLE to move feebly but persistently; to shuffle, to hobble; to struggle along, to make slow and painful progress, to move painfully forward → 1880 Sc.
► SCRAWL to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl → 1747 Eng. dial.
► SCROFFLE to shuffle; to hobble about with difficulty, as one ill or infirm → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOLTER to move unsteadily; to flounder; to turn or toss about; to hobble; to walk unevenly → 1529 Eng. dial.