nobble

[US]/'nɒb(ə)l/
[UK]/ˈnɑbəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.to cheat or deceive;to use poison or other means to prevent a horse from winning a race
Word Forms
Past Participlenobbled
Past Tensenobbled
Present Participlenobbling
Pluralnobbles
Third Person Singularnobbles

Phrases & Collocations

nobble a horse

Example Sentences

an attempt to nobble the jury.

the industry will try to nobble plans for further competition.

he intended to nobble Rose's money.

they nobbled him and threw him on to the train.

He tried to nobble one of the jurors .

people always tried to nobble her at parties.

Real-world Examples

Afraid not. Can't budge him. Your Minister nobbled him first.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

" A sight of times better to be selling diments than nobbling about here."

Source: Returning Home

You have nobbled the curate, or somebody else, who has got you a good place.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

“Seekers are always the ones who get nobbled by the other team.”

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

All around it is a series of very odd tubercles and nobbles and bobbles.

Source: Paleontology Popular Science

In reality these are examples of poor negotiation by governments, a weakness that can also nobble their use of public money.

Source: The Economist Culture

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