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A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Scots hirple (“to limp”) or Dutch hurken (“to squat”), plus the suffix -le.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hurple
Today it means: To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning. Full definition →