All 3 Uses
hobbled
in
Twelve Angry Men
(Auto-generated)
- The 8TH JUROR hobbles, dragging one leg, toward the chair that serves as the bedroom door.
Act 1 *hobbles = walked with difficulty (as though with an injury or physical impediment)
- He then hobbles along the simulated forty-three-foot hallway.†
Act 1hobbles = walks with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment) OR hinders (made the action or progress of something difficult)
- 8TH JUROR [still hobbling]: If you think I should go faster, I will.†
Act 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(hobbled as in: she hobbled up the hill) walked with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment)
or:
hindered (made the action or progress of something difficult) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Hobble originally referred to tying together two legs of horses or cattle, so they would not wander far away.