Hirple vs Hurkle - What's the difference?
hirple | hurkle | Alternative forms |
to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
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to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold
to cower
(of the limbs) to contract, to pull in
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Hirple is an alternative form of hurkle.
As verbs the difference between hirple and hurkle
is that hirple is to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling while hurkle is to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold.hirple
English
Verb
(hirpl)- Get you on that bicycle and hurry on, and I'll hirple after you the best I can.