Hobbledehoy Definition
hŏbəl-dē-hoi
hobbledehoys
noun
A boy or adolescent youth, esp. one who is awkward and gawky.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Hobbledehoy
Noun
Singular:
hobbledehoyPlural:
hobbledehoysOrigin of Hobbledehoy
-
From Scots. Compare dialectal English hobbledygee (“(with a) limping movement”); also French hobereau (“country squire”), English hobby, and Old French hoi (“today”); the original sense may have been "an upstart of today".
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to hobbledehoy using the buttons below.