hopple

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See also: Hopple

English

Etymology

From hop; compare hobble.

Noun

hopple (plural hopples)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
  2. (transitive, figurative) To entangle; to hamper.
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German

Verb

hopple

  1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of hoppeln.
  2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of hoppeln.
  3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of hoppeln.
  4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of hoppeln.
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