Nobble - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈnɑːbl|
Brit.
|ˈnɒb(ə)l|
verb
- deprive of by deceit (syn: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, mulct, rook, scam, swindle, victimize)
- make off with belongings of others (syn: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, swipe)
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom (syn: abduct, kidnap, snatch)
- disable by drugging
- make off with belongings of others (syn: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, swipe)
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom (syn: abduct, kidnap, snatch)
- disable by drugging
nobble the race horses
Extra examples
We found out later that the horse had been nobbled, which explained its poor performance.
She was trying to nobble the jury.
His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics.
The jury had been nobbled and the case had to be reheard.
I was nobbled by my deaf old aunt and couldn't get away.
What about the rest of the delegation? No chance of nobbling one of them?
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: nobble
he/she/it: nobbles
present participle: nobbling
past tense: nobbled
past participle: nobbled
I/you/we/they: nobble
he/she/it: nobbles
present participle: nobbling
past tense: nobbled
past participle: nobbled
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