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impede, trammel: As hobbled horses do not stray, she tried to
think of some way to hobble Clarence's errant ways.
--n. 3 limp, shuffle, shamble, claudication, stagger: With the
leg-irons on, I could walk only with a jerking hobble.
hobby n. pastime, avocation, sideline, recreation, diversion,
relaxation: Her hobby is collecting wedding rings.
hobnob v. associate, fraternize, socialize, consort, mingle, rub
elbows or shoulders, mix, hang about or around, keep company:
He hobnobs with the aristocrats.
hocus-pocus
n. 1 trickery, chicanery, deceit, deception, artifice, cheat,
duplicity, mischief, hoax, humbug, trick, swindle, pretence,
Colloq con (game), jiggery-pokery, flimflam, hanky-panky: He
tried some hocus-pocus on the company books but was caught. 2
mumbo-jumbo, abracadabra, incantation, nonsense, rigmarole,
gibberish, Colloq gobbledegook: The medicine man muttered some
hocus-pocus over the body, which began to rise into the air. 3
sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation, magic,
conjuring, jugglery: From the earliest days religion has had
its share of hocus-pocus.
hoggish adj. piggish, greedy, avaricious, insatiable, gluttonous,
voracious, edacious, acquisitive, possessive, self-seeking,
selfish: Don't be so hoggish; share the cake with the others.
hoi polloi
n. riff-raff, rabble, mob, common herd, proletariat, populace,
common people, crowd, masses, multitude, rank and file,
plebeians, multitude, bourgeoisie, man in the street, Brit
admass, man on the Clapham omnibus, US John Q. Public, Colloq
great unwashed, proles, plebs, US silent majority: Much of what
goes on in government is incomprehensible to hoi polloi.
hoist v. 1 lift (up), elevate, raise, heave, uplift, winch: The
lifeboat with the survivors aboard is now being hoisted onto the
rescue vessel.
--n. 2 crane, lift, elevator, davit, winch, tackle: The cable
of the hoist broke, and the container dropped onto the pier.