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hobble
English
Etymology
From Middle English hobblen, hobelen, akin to Middle Dutch hoblen, hobbelen (Modern Dutch hobbelen).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?b?l/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Noun
hobble (plural hobbles)
- (chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
- An unsteady, off-balance step.
- A difficult situation; a scrape.
- (dialect, Britain and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
Synonyms
- tether (rope)
Translations
Verb
hobble (third-person singular simple present hobbles, present participle hobbling, simple past and past participle hobbled)
- To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
- 1865, Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold
- you hobble your old horse and turn him grazing
- 1865, Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold
- To walk lame, or unevenly.
- The friar was hobbling the same way too.
- (figuratively) To move roughly or irregularly.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone
- The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone
- To perplex; to embarrass.
Synonyms
- (walk unevenly): hirple
Derived terms
- hobble skirt
- hobbly
- unhobble
Translations
Anagrams
- hobbel
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limo
English
Etymology
Clipping of limousine.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?.m??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?.mo?/
- Rhymes: -?m??
Noun
limo (plural limos)
- (slang) Clipping of limousine.
Translations
Anagrams
- Milo, OIML, milo, moil
Afrikaans
Noun
limo (plural limo's)
- Clipping of limousine.
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
limo
- lemon.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li.mo?/
- Hyphenation: li?mo
Etymology 1
Noun
limo f (plural limo's)
- (informal) Clipping of limousine.
Etymology 2
Noun
limo f (plural limo's)
- (Netherlands, informal) Clipping of limonade.
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from English limit, Italian limite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?limo/
- Hyphenation: li?mo
- Rhymes: -imo
Noun
limo (accusative singular limon, plural limoj, accusative plural limojn)
- limit, boundary
- border (of a country)
Finnish
Noun
limo
- Synonym of juhannuskoivu.
Declension
Anagrams
- Ilmo, olmi
Galician
Verb
limo
- first-person singular present indicative of limar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li.mo/
- Rhymes: -imo
- Hyphenation: lì?mo
Etymology 1
From Latin l?mus (“mud, slime”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyH- (“to smear”).
Noun
limo m (plural limi)
- mud, slime
- silt
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
limo
- first-person singular present indicative of limare
Anagrams
- moli
- olmi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?li?.mo?/, [?li?mo?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?li.mo/, [?li?m?]
Etymology 1
From l?ma (“a file, rasp”).
Verb
l?m? (present infinitive l?m?re, perfect active l?m?v?, supine l?m?tum); first conjugation
- I sharpen.
- I file, file off.
- I polish, finish.
- (figuratively) I investigate accurately.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- l?m?t?
- l?m?tus
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From l?mus (“mud, slime”).
Verb
l?m? (present infinitive l?m?re, perfect active l?m?v?, supine l?m?tum); first conjugation, no passive
- I besmirch.
- I bespatter with mud.
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
- Romanian: ima
References
- limo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- limo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- limo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- limo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *lima(?), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Numeral
limo
- five
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?i.m?/
Noun
limo n
- (colloquial) black eye
Declension
Portuguese
Verb
limo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of limar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin limus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”).
Noun
limo m (plural limos)
- mud, slime, silt
- Synonyms: barro, lodo
Derived terms
- correlimos
Verb
limo
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of limar.
Tiruray
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Numeral
limo
- five
West Coast Bajau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Numeral
limo
- five
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