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English
Etymology
A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Scots hirple (“to limp”) or Dutch hurken (“to squat”), plus the suffix -le. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Verb
hurple (third-person singular simple present hurples, present participle hurpling, simple past and past participle hurpled)
- (England) 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.
- Goas hurpling abart fit to give a body t'dithers to luke at him! - The Dialect of Leeds, 1862
Noun
hurple (plural hurples)
- (Scotland) An impediment similar to a limp.
After he sprained his ankle, he walked away with a hurple.