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Definition of hobble : 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
2. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
3. Same as Hopple.
4. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
5. To move roughly or irregularly; - said of style in writing.
6. To perplex; to embarrass.
7. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

Synonyms:

preventative, hang-up, tour, hitchhike, stay, hopple, move, duty tour, gimp, help, free, incumbrance, catch, restrain, shackle, gyve, arrest, tour of duty, fetter, stoppage, jerk, stop, hinderance, rub, interference, halt, clog, chain, hog-tie, trammel, hitch, restraint, thumb, bond, manacle, leash, check, dodder, tie, handcuff, buck, enlistment, preventive, term of enlistment, encumbrance, iron, snag, hindrance

enfeeble, invalidate, deaden, tamper, disarm, hinder, benumb, neutralize, cripple, weaken, abrogate, handicap, botch, cramp, undermine, scotch, hamper, vitiate, incapacitate, prostrate, hamstring, sap, impair, anesthetize, dull, disable, screw up, stun, paralyze, lame, stupefy

limp, stumble, totter, stagger, falter

Usage examples:

• Was Mr. Smelts' leg broke plum off, so's he'd have to hobble on a peg- stick? - "Calvary Alley", Alice Hegan Rice.
• She was crippled, and could not move as quickly as usual, but could hobble along faster than her intended victim could run. - "African Camp Fires", Stewart Edward White.
• The cowboy's painful hobble had not yet been fastened upon him. - "The Eagle's Heart", Hamlin Garland.