hobble

[US]/ˈhɒbl/
[UK]/ˈhɑːbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. maglakad nang hindi balanse o may kahirapan, lalo na dahil sa pinsala
vt. magdulot upang maglakad nang hindi balanse o may kahirapan, lalo na dahil sa pinsala
n. isang hindi balanse o hilamos na paglalakad
Word Forms
Present Participlehobbling
Third Person Singularhobbles
Pluralhobbles
Past Participlehobbled
Past Tensehobbled

Phrases & Collocations

hobble along

maglakad nang pagalad

hobble in pain

maglakad nang pagalad dahil sa sakit

hobble on crutches

maglakad nang pagalad gamit ang crutches

Example Sentences

Johnson was still hobbled slightly by an ankle injury.

Si Johnson ay bahagyang napigilan pa rin ng pinsala sa bukung-bukong.

cotton farmers were hobbled by low prices.

Napigilan ang mga magsasaka ng cotton dahil sa mababang presyo.

I hurt my foot, and had to hobble home.

Nasaktan ko ang paa ko, kaya kinailangan kong magpaikot pauwi.

The old man hobbled along with the help of his grandson.

Nagpaikot ang matanda kasama ang tulong ng kanyang apo.

He was left with no alternative but to hobble to the nearest telephone box.

Walang nagawa kundi magpaikot papunta sa pinakamalapit na telephone box.

"I hurt my foot while getting off the bus, and had to hobble home."

"Nasaktan ko ang paa ko habang bumababa sa bus, kaya kinailangan kong magpaikot pauwi."

In Marfan's, the genetic defects that are at fault usually hobble the gene for fibrillin, a protein that combines with elastin to form elastic fibers.

Sa Marfan's, ang mga genetic defects na may kasalanan ay kadalasang pinipigilan ang gene para sa fibrillin, isang protina na nagsasama sa elastin upang bumuo ng mga elastic fibers.

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