Usually means: Walk with a limp; hobble.
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▸ verb:  (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.

Similar:
limple, Hamble, hobble, limp, peg-leg, halt, gimp, hurkle, shaffle, sprauchle, more...

Opposite:
walk, run, stride, saunter, stroll

Types:
hobble, limp, lurch, stagger, falter, more...

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Similar:
limple, Hamble, hobble, limp, peg-leg, halt, gimp, hurkle, shaffle, sprauchle, more...

Opposite:
walk, run, stride, saunter, stroll

Types:
hobble, limp, lurch, stagger, falter, more...



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