Word: hobbledehoy

Category: hobbledehoy

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Synonyms: hobbledehoy

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: hobbledehoy

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french
Translations:
béjaune
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czech
Translations:
holobrádek
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polish
Translations:
chłystek, młokos, ciamajda
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estonian
Translations:
mehehakatis, poisivolask

The meaning and "use of": hobbledehoy

noun
  • a clumsy or awkward youth. - It listed the views of various members of Congress: not any old hobbledehoys either, but the party leaders, mostly Republican, whose support would be crucial to the political viability of any Pentagon plan.
adjective
  • awkward or clumsy. - his hobbledehoy hands

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