hirple

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɜː.pəl/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling. Northern,Scotland,UK,intransitive
    — Get you on that bicycle and hurry on, and I'll hirple after you the best I can.

词形变化

hirples present,singular,third-person hirpling participle,present hirpled participle,past hirpled past

词源

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”).
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