Meaning of hirple | Babel Free
ˈhɜː.pəlDefinitions
To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
Northern, Scotland, UK, intransitive
Examples
“Get you on that bicycle and hurry on, and I'll hirple after you the best I can.”
“A woman hirpled along the corridor towards them with the aid of a walking frame.”
“Around lunchtime he hirpled down the corridor to the Gents.”
“He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain, limping and looped in it.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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