hobbling

4 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

to walk in an awkward way, usually because the feet or legs are injured:

The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick.

Some of the runners could only manage to hobble over the finishing line.

to limit something or control the freedom of someone:

A long list of amendments have hobbled the new legislation.

If you hobble an animal, especially a horse, you tie two of its legs together so that it cannot run away.