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  • English Word Hobbled Definition of Hobble
  • English Word Hobbledehoy Definition Alt. of Hobbletehoy
  • English Word Hobbler Definition One who hobbles.
  • English Word Hobbler Definition One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
  • English Word Hobbletehoy Definition A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
  • English Word Hobbling Definition of Hobble
  • English Word Hobblingly Definition With a limping step.
  • English Word Hobbly Definition Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
  • English Word Hobby Definition A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
  • English Word Hobby Definition Alt. of Hobbyhorse
  • English Word Hobbyhorse Definition A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.
  • English Word Hobbyhorse Definition A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride.
  • English Word Hobbyhorse Definition A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.
  • English Word Hobbyhorsical Definition Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.
  • English Word Hobgoblin Definition A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.
  • English Word Hobiler Definition A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler.
  • English Word Hobit Definition A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
  • English Word Hobnail Definition A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
  • English Word Hobnail Definition A clownish person; a rustic.
  • English Word Hobnail Definition To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
  • English Word Hobnailed Definition See with hobnails, as a shoe.
  • English Word Hobnob Definition Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
  • English Word Hobnob Definition At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)
  • English Word Hobnob Definition To drink familiarly (with another).
  • English Word Hobnob Definition To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
  • English Word Hobnob Definition Familiar, social intercourse.
  • English Word Hobornob Definition See Hobnob.
  • English Word Hoboy Definition A hautboy or oboe.
  • English Word Hobson's choice Definition A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.
  • English Word Hocco Definition The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow.