Nobble

Quick meaning: Nobble is a verb meaning (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) To injure or obstruct intentionally.

Meaning

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) To injure or obstruct intentionally.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Ireland, slang) To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation.
2. (UK, Ireland, slang) To steal.
3. (transitive, slang) To tamper with (typically a racehorse or greyhound) in order to prevent it from winning a race.
4. (UK, slang) A deliberate act of injury or obstruction.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: hobble, hamper, hinder, impede, embarrass, disable

For example jury trials were reformed to allow majority verdicts, so that criminals could less easily nobble them.

Google has come out fighting after Twitter claimed that changes to its search engine nobble results to favour Google+, damaging the internet.

Here, though, Picot's overbearing power, and the fact that the bishop was an absentee, meant that the sheriff could use threats to "nobble" the judges.

Word Forms

• nobbles
• nobbling
• nobbled

Synonyms for nobble

Depending on context, synonyms include hobble, hamper, hinder, impede, embarrass, disable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include filch, pilfer, purloin, defraud, sneak, abduct.

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