Hobble

//ˈhɒbəl//

Synonyms for "hobble" (252 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Strong matches (75)

Related words (126)

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Verb(2 words)

nobble shackle

Noun(1 words)

tether

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

bond gait hamper hinder impede shackle strap trammel walk

Synonyms

5 entries

fetter hitch hopple limp tether

derived

15 entries

chain hobble hobble chain hobble knot hobble rope hobble skirt hobble-bush hobble-chain hobble-rope hobble-skirted hobblebush hobblerope hobblesome hobblingly hobbly unhobble

manner of

1 entries

impede

related to

8 entries

embarrass fetter hobbles lame perplex scrape strap wander

Translations

145 translations across 48 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

شكال noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
شِكَال noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
عِقَال noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
شَكَلَ verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)

Armenian

4 entries

թշու noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
ոտկապ noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
ոտնակապ noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
չիդար noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Avar

1 entries

читӏир noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

buxov noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
cidar noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
tuşağ noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
çidar noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Bashkir

4 entries

тышау noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
аҡһау verb (To walk unevenly)
сатандау verb (To walk unevenly)
сатанлау verb (To walk unevenly)

Basque

1 entries

peya noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Bulgarian

3 entries

букаи́ noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
куцам verb (To walk unevenly)
спъвам verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)

Buryat

1 entries

тушаа noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ئەشکێڵکِردِن verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

tırşav noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Czech

4 entries

belhání noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
kulhání noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
řemen noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
belhat se verb (To walk unevenly)

Danish

4 entries

fodreb noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
humpen noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
halte verb (To walk unevenly)
humpe verb (To walk unevenly)

Dargwa

1 entries

чедир noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Finnish

4 entries

kammitsa noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
nilkutus noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
kammitsoida verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)
nilkuttaa verb (To walk unevenly)

French

3 entries

abot noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
entrave noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
boiter verb (To walk unevenly)

Galician

4 entries

cadarme noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
pexa noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
péga noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
solta noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Georgian

2 entries

დუშაყი noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
ფარმანდი noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

German

2 entries

Fußfessel noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
Spannstrick noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Greek

2 entries

πέδικλο noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
πεδίκλωμα noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)

Irish

1 entries

habal noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)

Italian

4 entries

barcollamento noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
ceppi noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
lacci noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
pastoia noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Kalmyk

2 entries

туша noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
чөдр noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Kazakh

2 entries

тұсау noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
өрелеу verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

тушоо noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
өрөө noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Lak

1 entries

чидар noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Latin

1 entries

pedica noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Macedonian

4 entries

ку́цање noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
со́пка noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
кри́ви verb (To walk unevenly)
ку́ца verb (To walk unevenly)

Mongolian

2 entries

тушаа noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
чөдөр noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Māori

4 entries

herehere waewae noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
herehere ngā waewae verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)
kokekoke verb (To walk unevenly)
totitoti verb (To walk unevenly)

Northern Altai

1 entries

тужак noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

fotlenke noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
halting noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
humping noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
lenke noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Old Armenian

1 entries

ճախանոց noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

بوقاغی noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
كوستك noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
كوستكلمك verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)

Persian

1 entries

اشکیل noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Polish

4 entries

kulenie noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
kuśtykanie noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
pęta noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
kuleć verb (To walk unevenly)

Quechua

1 entries

hank'ay verb (To walk unevenly)

Russian

4 entries

ковыля́ние noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
пу́ты noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
трено́га noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
ковыля́ть verb (To walk unevenly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bukàgije noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
nȅgve noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
šklȍce noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
бука̀гије noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Southern Altai

2 entries

тужак noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
тужу noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Spanish

4 entries

atadura noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
manea noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
suelta noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
manear verb (To restrict a horse with hobbles)

Tatar

2 entries

tışaw noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
тышау noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Turkish

4 entries

aksama noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
bukağı noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
köstek noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
aksamak verb (To walk unevenly)

Turkmen

1 entries

душак noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Ukrainian

4 entries

кульгання noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
пута noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)
шкандибання noun (An unsteady, off-balance step)
кульгати verb (To walk unevenly)

Uyghur

1 entries

өрə noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Uzbek

1 entries

тушов noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Walloon

1 entries

epîtoe noun (Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses)

Zazaki

1 entries

lengen verb (To walk unevenly)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Tom took heart and, sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.

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I can't walk, but I can definitely hobble.

Source: tatoeba (533616)

This kind of restrictive legislation is bound to hobble the economy.

Source: tatoeba (1345424)

We made it and we hobbled up the stairs. Or I hobbled. My sons didn't hobble, I hobbled.

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