hirpling

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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