hirpleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː.pəl/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)pəl

動詞

hirple (三人称単数 現在形 hirples, 現在分詞 hirpling, 過去形および過去分詞形 hirpled)

1. (intransitive, Scotland, northern UK) To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
   • 1922, John Buchan, Huntingtower,

     Get you on that bicycle and hurry on, and I'll hirple after you the best I can.

   • 2015, Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins, →ISBN, page 136:

     A woman hirpled along the corridor towards them with the aid of a walking frame.