verb
- to walk with a limp or hobble; to move unevenly or with difficulty
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect
Examples
- After spraining his ankle, he had to hirple across the room.
- The old dog hirpled slowly down the garden path.
- She hirpled along the sidewalk, favoring her injured leg.
- He hirpled back to the house after the accident.
- The injured player hirpled off the field.