hobble 1 of 2

verb

ˈhä-bəl How to pronounce hobble (audio)
Definition of hobblenext
1
as in to impede
to create difficulty for the work or activity of we were hobbled by the snowstorm from getting out to do some Christmas shopping

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2
as in to limp
to walk while favoring one leg I hobbled home with a twisted ankle

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hobble

2 of 2

noun

as in let

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Recent Examples of hobble
Verb
Schmitz is now hurt, and his backup Lucas Patrick, who stepped in for Schmitz on Thursday with the first team, is clearly hobbled and banged up. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 Minutes later, 8-year-old Carter Olsen hobbled in with his worried mother after hurting his arm in a fall. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
In the video, Senior Corporal Edgar Morales was shot in the calf in the initial exchange, and is seen walking with a slight hobble afterward. — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2023 The city said in its Thursday release that Chauvin knelt on her for several minutes, even after she had been restrained by a hobble. — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for hobble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobble
  1. impede
  2. limp
  3. hindrance
  4. hinder
  5. impediment
  6. hamper
  7. fetter
  8. embarrass
Verb
  • Kupor, head of the government’s chief human resources agency since July 2025, has publicly argued even jobs conducive to remote work can be impeded by working from home.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Carly Simon, whose recent Parkinson’s diagnosis didn’t impede her from releasing her first album in 18 years, Comes in Waves, has seemingly dedicated a song to her ex-husband, James Taylor.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of impede
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  • Only once that foundation is in place does the more surprising part of Friedman's research become relevant—what separates teams that clear this bar from those that merely limp along.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Thompson is the backup to Quentin Johnston, who limped off the practice field with an apparent leg injury this week and didn’t dress for the preseason game.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of limp
Noun
  • Mike Evans returned from a week’s absence and showed no hindrance from a quadriceps strain.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Many organizations mistakenly view governance as a hindrance, measuring AI maturity by deployment rather than critical questions about purpose, reliability, and accountability.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of hindrance
Verb
  • Moser's mother, Rachel Moser, was charged with hindering the apprehension of a fugitive, tampering with evidence, and related charges.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The administration’s postponement of a Food and Drug Administration rule hampered the food safety system, which hindered a response to the outbreak.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hinder
Noun
  • Yellowjackets has proven that being dead is no impediment to returning.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Preconceptions, assumptions, and advance knowledge in the viewing public are regarded as impediments to the capacity of the tale to surprise, startle, or transport.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of impediment
Verb
  • Likewise, when crime bosses become international liabilities that could hamper Beijing’s relations with other countries, or when their political patrons fall and there are fewer political costs to targeting them, Beijing will act.
    — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The administration’s postponement of a Food and Drug Administration rule hampered the food safety system, which hindered a response to the outbreak.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hamper
Noun
  • From forms of development of the productive forces these relations turn into their fetters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.
    — Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Definition of fetter
Verb
  • College students should not have to worry about their parents embarrassing them to an audience of thousands.
    — Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • One night earlier in the tour, a woman Usher had brought onstage rebuked him, which embarrassed him.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
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