nobble

English - Turkish

Definition of nobble in English Turkish dictionary

ilaç ver/çal/görüş

{f} sakatlamak (yarış atını)

{f} çalmak

{f} dolandırmak

{f} rüşvetle kazanmak

{f} yakalamak

English - English

Definition of nobble in English English dictionary

To injure or obstruct intently, batter

If someone nobbles a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. the drug used to nobble two horses at Doncaster

disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses

take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

If someone nobbles your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics

disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"

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"

If someone nobbles an important group of people such as a committee, they offer them money or threaten them in order to make them do something. The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury

{f} cheat, swindle (Slang); lie, misrepresent the facts; disable a race horse to prevent it from winning; arrest, detain a person; make contact with a person as to persuade that person to do something; win a person over; steal; kidnap a person; (Slang) damage, tamper with

make off with belongings of others

Related Terms

nobbled

past of nobble

nobbles

third-person singular of nobble

nobbling

present participle of nobble

Hyphenation

nob·ble

Etymology

[ 'nä-b&l ] (transitive verb.) 1847. perhaps irregular frequentative of nab.

Tenses

nobbling, nobbled