Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hopple

/ˈhɒpəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: hop-ple
IPA: /ˈhɒpəl/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.

verb

To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.

Transitive verb

verb

To entangle; to hamper.

Transitive verb

name

Example Sentences

"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 Body"

Etymology

From hop; compare hobble.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

hopples (plural) hopples (present, singular) hoppling (participle, present) hoppled (participle, past) hoppled (past)

Derived Forms

unhopple

Synonyms

hobble

Rhymes With

topple coppel popple oppel kopple copple poppell doppel stopple thrapple thropple

Questions

How do you pronounce hopple?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɒpəl/.
What does hopple mean?: A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.
Where does hopple come from?: From hop; compare hobble.

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