verb
- past tense and past participle of hirple; to walk with a limp or hobble
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect
Examples
- The old man hirpled slowly down the street after his injury.
- She hirpled across the room, favoring her left leg.
- He hirpled back from the field, exhausted and sore.
- The injured dog hirpled toward its owner.
- After the accident, he hirpled for weeks before fully recovering.