hurple

H4U1R1P3L1E1
UK/ˈhɜː.pəl/

verb

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.

“After he sprained his ankle, he walked away with a hurple.”

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Meanings

verbhurple (third-person singular simple present hurples, present participle hurpling, simple past and past participle hurpled)

present singular third person hurples · participle present hurpling · participle past hurpled · past hurpled

  1. EnglandTo 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.

    Goas hurpling abart fit to give a body t'dithers to luke at him! - The Dialect of Leeds, 1862

nounhurple (plural hurples)

plural hurples

  1. ScotlandAn impediment similar to a limp.

    After he sprained his ankle, he walked away with a hurple.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hirple

Origin

A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Scots hirple (“to limp”) or Dutch hurken (“to squat”), plus the suffix -le.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hurple

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

hurple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurple

MLA

“hurple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurple. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hurple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurple.

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