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Definition of Nobble
1. Verb. Deprive of by deceit. "They nobble him of all his money"; "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Specialized synonyms: Short, Short-change
Generic synonyms: Cheat, Chisel, Rip Off
Derivative terms: Bunco, Con, Defrauder, Gyp, Scam, Scammer, Swindle, Swindler, Victimization
2. Verb. Make off with belongings of others. "They nobble the money "
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Cabbage, Lifter, Pilferage, Pilferer
3. Verb. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. ; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Seize
Specialized synonyms: Impress, Shanghai
Derivative terms: Abduction, Abductor, Kidnaper, Kidnapper, Kidnapping, Snatch, Snatcher
4. Verb. Disable by drugging. "Nobble the race horses"
Definition of Nobble
1. Verb. (British slang) To injure or obstruct intently, batter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nobble
1. to disable a racehorse [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobble
Literary usage of Nobble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"In the elegant dialect of sporting novelists to nobble is a stronger term ...
Found out who tried to nobble the horse? 1892. Evening Standard, n May, 4, 4. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"There was much said as to the accuracy and clearness of the Sydney post-mark,
and something as to the absence of any post-mark at nobble. ..."
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