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hirpled

hirpled is the simple past and past participle of hirple.

Meaning of hirple

Verb

hirple (third-person singular simple present hirples, present participle hirpling, simple past and past participle hirpled)

  1. (Northern, Scotland, UK, intransitive) To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
    • I saw the hurcheon and the hare
      In hidlings hirpling here and there,1597, Alexander Montgomery, The Cherrie and the Slae
    Synonyms:
    hobble, hurple

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Questions about hirpled

What is hirpled the simple past and past participle of?
Hirpled is the simple past and past participle of hirple.

Words near hirpled in the dictionary

  1. Hiroshimans
  2. hiroshimite
  3. Hirota
  4. Hirotas
  5. hirple
  6. hirpled
  7. hirples
  8. hirpling
  9. hirquine
  10. hirrawem
  11. hirrawems

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