cramble

intransitive verb

cram·​ble

variants or crammel

ˈkraməl

-ed/-ing/-s

dialectal, England

: to walk or move stiffly or with difficulty : hobble

Word History

Etymology

from obsolete English, to crawl, of unknown origin

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