Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hirple

/ˈhɜː.pəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hirple
IPA: /ˈhɜː.pəl/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.

British usage; Intransitive verb

noun

Example Sentences

"I saw the hurcheon and the hare In hidlings hirpling here and there,"
"Get you on that bicycle and hurry on, and I'll hirple after you the best I can."
"A woman hirpled along the corridor towards them with the aid of a walking frame."
"Around lunchtime he hirpled down the corridor to the Gents."
"He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain, limping and looped in it."

Etymology

A word of unknown origin, first recorded in Scots sources from the late fifteenth century; but probably from Old Norse herpast (“to suffer from cramp”) the middle voice verb. Compare the Icelandic herpa (“to contract, to draw together”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: herpast

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈhɜː.pəl/

Usage

British usage
Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

hirples (present, singular) hirpling (participle, present) hirpled (participle, past) hirpled (past) hirples (plural)

Synonyms

hobble hurple

Homonyms

hurple

Rhymes With

purple purple nurple curple bepurple hurple unpurple blurple

Questions

How do you pronounce hirple?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɜː.pəl/.
What does hirple mean?: To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
Where does hirple come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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