Hobble vs. Waddle — What's the Difference?

To walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; limp.

Walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion

To put a device around the legs of (a horse, for example) so as to hamper but not prevent movement.

A waddling gait

To cause to limp.

To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.

To hamper the action or progress of; impede.

To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.

A hobbling walk or gait.

A swaying gait

A device, such as a rope or strap, used to hobble an animal.

A squat, swaying gait.

One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

An unsteady, off-balance step.

(intransitive) To move slowly.

A difficult situation; a scrape.

To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles.

An odd job; a piece of casual work.

To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.

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

Walking with a waddling gait; walking with short steps and the weight shifting from one foot to the other

To walk lame, or unevenly.

Walk unsteadily;

(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.

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

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;

Hamper the action or progress of;

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