hopple
/ˈhɒpəl/
hopple noun: a fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.
Noun
hopple (plural hopples)
Verb
hopple (third-person singular simple present hopples, present participle hoppling, simple past and past participle hoppled)
- To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
- To entangle; to hamper.
- consider how we have such Faculties in us, as the Soul finds hoppled and fettered, clouded and obscured by her fatal residence in this prison of the Body1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Hopple
Hopple (plural Hopples)
- A surname.
Forms of hopple
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hopples |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hopples |
| present participle | hoppling |
| past participle | hoppled |
| past | hoppled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hopples |
Origin of hopple
From hop; compare hobble.
Words formed from hopple
Words that rhyme with hopple
Questions about hopple
- What does hopple mean?
- Hopple means a fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.
- What part of speech is hopple?
- Hopple can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hopple?
- Hopple is pronounced /ˈhɒpəl/.
- What is the plural of hopple?
- The plural of hopple is hopples.
Words near hopple in the dictionary
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