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
nobbled: past of nobble
nobbles: third-person singular of nobble
nobbling: present participle of nobble