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hurple

/ˈhɜː.pəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hur-ple
IPA
/ˈhɜː.pəl/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.

noun

An impediment similar to a limp.

Example Sentences

Etymology

A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Scots hirple (“to limp”) or Dutch hurken (“to squat”), plus the suffix -le.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈhɜː.pəl/

Inflected Forms

hurples (present, singular) hurpling (participle, present) hurpled (participle, past) hurpled (past) hurples (plural)

Homonyms

hirple

Rhymes With

purple purple nurple hirple curple bepurple unpurple blurple

Questions

How do you pronounce hurple?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɜː.pəl/.
What does hurple mean?
To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.
Where does hurple come from?
A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Scots hirple (“to limp”) or Dutch hurken (“to squat”), plus the suffix -le.

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