What's the difference between gimp and hobble?

Gimp


Definition:

  • (a.) Smart; spruce; trim; nice.
  • (n.) A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
  • (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) British Cycling, Will’s Wheels and the curious case of 2,200 pieces of GB kit Read more Drake said: “I have never been made aware, formally or informally, of any allegation that Shane Sutton had used the offensive term ‘gimps’ in reference to Paralympic athletes prior to the media reports of the past few days.
  • (2) I do like people.” What they say “At the risk of ruining the honourable gentleman’s reputation as Thatcher’s gimp – I mean toy boy – may I enormously commend him for the work he has done as [select] committee chair for the past 10 years” – Chris Bryant MP
  • (3) PT: Photoshop is standard; though it certainly won’t hurt if you get good with GIMP, which is completely free.
  • (4) But BrewDog got to denounce Diageo as “a band of dishonest hammerheads and dumb-ass corporate freaks”, and to affirm that the incident showed “just how scared and jealous the gimp-like establishment are of the craft beer revolutionaries”.
  • (5) As well as woozily offering Mark Ronson a sip of his gin, we also got to witness him confessing his love for gimp masks; playing “ hide the banana ”; and an excruciating “bit” with blind tenor Andrea Bocelli in which he stammered “Nice to, erm, see you”.
  • (6) A kind of unshaven, post-watershed, post-divorce and redundancy Johnny Bravo whose style inspiration sits somewhere between matador and gimp.
  • (7) The localization and chemical characteristics of two Golgi integral membrane proteins (GIMPs) have been studied using monoclonal antibodies.
  • (8) Both GIMPs are glycoproteins that contain N- and O-linked carbohydrates.
  • (9) In an email to the Guardian Mellor said: “‘Get those Fucking Gimps’ was a phrase that was used by Shane [Sutton] and I confirm was ignored by Ian Drake when raised by me.” Mellor also stated that in his view the Paralympic athletes were discriminated against when it came to resources, for example travelling at times without a doctor or, on one occasion, being asked to scrap a training camp when the able‑bodied team’s budget fell short.
  • (10) Documents from Mellor’s evidence shown to the Guardian cited an episode in which Sutton was described as coming to the coach’s office and shouting “get those fucking gimps off the track”.
  • (11) It’s tempting to compare them to Late Night Gimp Fight, their predecessors as the fringe’s go-to troupe for “blood, poo and bumholes” (their words) comedy.
  • (12) But he was left with little option but to resign after he was also accused of calling members of Britain’s hugely successful Paralympic cycling squad “wobblies” and “gimps”.
  • (13) The young sketch troupe Late Night Gimp Fight were entirely unapologetic about their scene at Edinburgh last month, in which Sleeping Beauty wasn't kissed awake by her prince, but raped instead.

Hobble


Definition:

  • (n. i.) To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
  • (n. i.) To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
  • (v. t.) To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
  • (v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass.
  • (n.) An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
  • (n.) Same as Hopple.
  • (n.) Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 12.55pm GMT 37 min: Doyle is trying to carry on but hobbling around like a car-park attendant (they always hobble don’t they?
  • (2) The US dabbled ineffectually in helping the rebel cause, hobbled by uncertainty over the groups it was dealing with.
  • (3) Come the time, I will gladly hobble down the road with a trolley, nurse half a bitter for two hours, and spend whole days in front of the TV.
  • (4) Liverpool running more under Jürgen Klopp than with Brendan Rodgers Read more With Kolo Touré hobbling at the end of the 1-0 win, albeit with cramp according to the former Ivory Coast international, Klopp could be without all four of his established central defenders at Exeter City on Friday in the FA Cup third round.
  • (5) Trapattoni raised hopes that Simon Cox would be fine despite hobbling off with an ankle injury in added time.
  • (6) Despite the spat between Apple and Adobe, which means that the iPad is hobbled by its inability to play Flash content, it's still a wonderful device for consuming media.
  • (7) "I've had a lot more fun watching and arguing about the Twilight movies than I ever had with the Star Wars saga, that lumbering, narratively hobbled space opera," he blasphemed recently .
  • (8) Gathering more support – or hobbling the opposition – for marriage equality because you've shamed critics into silence, or over-spent them into irrelevance may not be the prettiest way to win a human right, but save your concerns about looking good for the wedding.
  • (9) Their effort to amend the Fisa Amendments Act was ultimately unsuccessful – something they warned would hobble Congress' oversight functions.
  • (10) Updated at 8.20pm GMT 8.15pm GMT 28 min: Pablo Zabaleta is still hobbling in the wake of that enthusiastic challenge for which Danny Welbeck was booked earlier.
  • (11) Mention a pre-1914 designer like Poiret, of hobble-skirt fame, and he smiles: "Fashion was a little naive in those days, both the clothes and the way people talked about them.
  • (12) A Walcott cross came to Giroud and he smacked home and then, after Ramsey hobbled off, the England man made it comfortable, finishing a neat pass from the thus far muted Joel Campbell.
  • (13) But my love for you is full of guilt and regret, sometimes heavy enough to hobble my steps.
  • (14) Zidane hobbled back against Denmark, who were too strong against 10 and a half men, and won 2-0.
  • (15) The visitors had another goal ruled out for the substitute striker Stefano Okaka who then had to hobble off injured in injury time.
  • (16) Republicans and White House officials fear that the currency issue is a “poison pill” designed to hobble trade negotiations in a way that would prove unacceptable to other countries negotiating the giant Pacific trade bill.
  • (17) Operation Inherent Resolve, as the US-led anti-Isis campaign was clunkily named, has demonstrated how so many Middle Eastern problems are inherently unresolved, in the words of a recent study by the Rusi thinktank , and are hobbling collective efforts.
  • (18) Lakers fans can take solace in the fact that the Spurs really didn't blow out the Lakers, they merely put an end to a hobbled, lurching mockery of what their team was supposed to be.
  • (19) I always remember this guy running because we are all running and he was hobbling and I thought he'd hurt his leg … We were running to the fence, thinking they couldn't get past this bollard, and this guy just went that way and, well, the [police vehicle] just flattened him, and went right over him.
  • (20) Taylor will appeal and that is the right thing for him to do," the smartly-dressed Collins said, as amputees – some hobbling on crutches – streamed past him.