Verb

(en verb)

To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.

* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]

Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam . Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.

(intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

To or wander over.

* (John Milton)

And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam .

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

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.