Hobble vs. Wobble

One of the 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.

A difficult situation; a scrape.

An odd job; a piece of casual work.

To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.

To walk lame, or unevenly.

(figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.

To perplex; to embarrass.

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

Example: ‘The friar was hobbling the same way too.’;

To move roughly or irregularly; - said of style in writing.

Example: ‘The hobbling versification, the mean diction.’;

To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.

To perplex; to embarrass.

An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.

Same as Hopple.

Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

a shackle for the ankles or feet

the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

Example: ‘The old woman hobbles down to the store every day’;

hamper the action or progress of;

Example: ‘The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean’;

strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison;

Example: ‘hobble race horses’;

An unsteady motion.

Example: ‘The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.’;

A tremulous sound.

Example: ‘There was a wobble on her high notes.’;

(music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep

(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

Example: ‘the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis;’; ‘the jelly wobbled on the plate’;

(intransitive) To tremble or quaver.

Example: ‘The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.’;

(intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.

Example: ‘I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.’;

(transitive) To cause to wobble.

Example: ‘The boy wobbled the girl's bike.’;

See Wabble.

an unsteady rocking motion

move unsteadily;

Example: ‘His knees wobbled’; ‘The old cart wobbled down the street’;

move sideways or in an unsteady way;

Example: ‘The ship careened out of control’;

tremble or shake;

Example: ‘His voice wobbled with restrained emotion’;