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 Definitions of nobble  [ˈnɒb əl]  

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Definition of 'nobble' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1.  nobble
to convince (a person) by lies.

2.  nobble
to swindle.

Etymology:  (1840–50; back formation from nobbler, alter. of hobbler (dial. phrase an 'obbler being taken as a nobbler))

Definition of 'nobble' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

2. (verb) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
make off with belongings of others

3. (verb) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

4. (verb) nobble
disable by drugging
"nobble the race horses"



'nobble' - Nearby Entries  

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