hurple
Meanings
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.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
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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