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Hobbled vs Bobbled - What's the difference?

hobbled | bobbled |

As verbs the difference between hobbled and bobbled

is that hobbled is (hobble) while bobbled is (bobble).

hobbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hobble)

    • hobble

    English

    Noun

  • (en noun) (usually in plural )
  • Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
  • An unsteady, off-balance step.

    • Synonyms

    * tether (rope)

    Verb

  • To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
    • (Charles Dickens)
  • To walk lame, or unevenly.
  • * Dryden
    • The friar was hobbling the same way too.
  • (figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
  • * Jeffreys
    • The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
  • To perplex; to embarrass.

    • Derived terms

    * hobble skirt * hobbly * unhobble

    bobbled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bobble)

    • bobble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
  • (British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
  • (informal) A pill (ball formed on surface of fabric, as on laundered clothes).
  • (knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
  • * 2008 , Claire Compton, ?Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
    • From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles , two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.
  • A wobbling motion.
  • * 2013 , Elizabeth Chatterjee, Delhi: Mostly Harmless: One woman’s vision of the city
    • My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant

    Derived terms

    * bobble hat * bobbly

    Verb

    (bobbl)
  • To bob up and down.
  • (US) To make a mistake in.
  • to roll slowly
  • * November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
    • A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas.

    Derived terms

    * bobbler