1. (n. i.) To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

2. (n. i.) To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.

3. (v. t.) To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.

4. (v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass.

5. (n.) An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.

6. (n.) Same as Hopple.

7. (n.) Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

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