NOBBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does nobble mean?
• NOBBLE (verb)
The verb NOBBLE has 4 senses:
1. deprive of by deceit
2. make off with belongings of others
3. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
4. disable by drugging
Familiarity information: NOBBLE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NOBBLE (verb)
Meaning:
Deprive of by deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
mulct; nobble; rook; scam; swindle; hornswoggle; gyp; goldbrick; gip; diddle; defraud; con; bunco; short-change; victimize
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nobble"):
short; short-change (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sentence example:
They nobble him of all his money
Meaning:
Make off with belongings of others
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
purloin; snarf; filch; cabbage; pilfer; swipe; nobble; abstract; pinch; sneak; hook; lift
Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They nobble the goods
Meaning:
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch
Context example:
The industrialist's son was kidnapped
Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):
seize (take or capture by force)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nobble"):
impress; shanghai (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Disable by drugging
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
nobble the race horses
Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):
disable; disenable; incapacitate (make unable to perform a certain action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
