Definition of nobble in English:

nobble

verb ˈnɒb(ə)lˈnɑbəl

[with object]British informal

1Try to influence or thwart by underhand or unfair methods.
（通过阴险的或不正当的方法）影响；阻止
an attempt to nobble the jury
收买陪审团的企图。
Example sentencesExamples
- The board feel, to put it mildly, that they have been nobbled.
- While dismissing the notion of trying to nobble his rival in the ensuing training sessions, he admitted it had been an unusual mix of emotions.
- But it is much harder to nobble 12 independent jurors than it is to bribe or intimidate one judge.
- He wastes five long years nobbling Hanson silently and quietly via the courts!
- At first, the pair try to head off their enemy at the pass, so to speak, by nobbling his ham-fisted henchmen.
- So we have a sitting MP and Minister using the Public Service Code of Conduct in an effort to nobble his electoral competition.
- On the other hand, perhaps they saw the law on presidential elections as a chance to nobble their rivals before they even got to the start line.
- Those attracted to John Howard's proposal to nobble the Senate to stop it obstructing his legislation should look first at what he and his predecessors have already done to the House of Representatives.
- The prisons are packed and new ones being built as fast as possible, the Wood Commission reforms have been rolled back and the Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission nobbled.
- We may sometimes unwittingly be nobbled by anti-war campaigners.
- Everyone is convinced they are being ripped off and the main strategy is to nobble your opponent.
- You don't fight crime by nobbling juries and fixing trials, but by hiring officers who can catch criminals, a task which appears to be beyond Sir John.
- There are three counts of perverting the course of justice where, in colloquial language, you tried to nobble the prosecution witnesses before the authorities got to them.
- Not only have they revolted against the attempts by the whips to nobble select committees, they're starting to talk out of turn in Westminster.
- We are concerned to make sure that people do not nobble juries - that juries do not have a rogue element that will not be convinced either way and simply not look at the issues.
- British courts are less corruptible than their European counterparts because it is easier to nobble one judge than 12 jurors.
- Many people, and I have talked to a large number, mainly women, in this category of being the second-income earner, are desperately keen to get back into the workforce, but are nobbled by the high cost of childcare.
Synonyms
bribe, corrupt, suborn, buy, buy off, pay off, get at, induce, lure, entice, grease someone's palm, oil someone's palm/hand
influence, persuade, win over, secure someone's support, sway, swing, affect, control, manipulate
1. 1.1 Tamper with (a racehorse or greyhound) to prevent it from winning a race, especially by giving it a drug.
  （尤指为了阻止赛马或猎犬赢得比赛而用药物）损害（赛马或猎犬）
  a doping ring nobbled three of the trainer's horses in 1990
  Example sentencesExamples
  It would be neatly symmetrical if he were recalled for Saturday, for it was at the Millennium stadium six weeks ago that he was in such blistering form for Munster before being nobbled.
  Synonyms
  drug, dope
  tamper with, interfere with, disable, incapacitate, weaken
2Obtain dishonestly; steal.
骗取；窃取
he intended to nobble Rose's money
他企图骗取罗斯的钱。
Synonyms
steal, thieve, rob, embezzle
1. 2.1 Seize or accost (someone)
  they nobbled him and threw him on to the train
  他们抓住他并把他扔上了火车。
  people always tried to nobble her at parties
  人们总是想在聚会上跟她搭讪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But then, when the official part was over, I was nobbled by a man in the English Department.
  I was in the middle of ordering a very expensive round of gins and tonics when I was nobbled by one of the wedding guests at the bar.
  When the team of waiting staff delivered the last of the meals and wished us bon appétit, I nobbled the waiter nearest me.
  Yet he manages to nobble a number of people who first agree to contribute to the film, and then mysteriously drop out.
  Synonyms
  abduct, seize, capture, kidnap, catch, apprehend, arrest, take into custody, take in, bring in
  informal snatch, nab, nail, pinch, cop, run in, pull in, pick up, collar
  British informal nick

Derivatives

nobbler

noun

British

informal

Meanwhile the government's nobblers will be out in force, but perhaps the real problems will come from inside Latham's own stable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Young women ‘nobblers’ are more inclined to disguise themselves as young girls who claim to be too poor to continue their education or who say they need money to go back home.
- The gang plotted to put drugs money into normal circulation through betting, using a range of informers and horse nobblers to ensure that the bets were as risk-free as possible.

Origin

Mid 19th century: probably a variant of dialect knobble, knubble 'knock, strike with the knuckles'.

Rhymes

bobble, Chernobyl, cobble, gobble, hobble, knobble, squabble, wobble

Definition of nobble in US English:

nobble

verbˈnɑbəlˈnäbəl

[with object]British informal

1Try to influence or thwart (someone or something) by underhanded or unfair methods.
（通过阴险的或不正当的方法）影响；阻止
an attempt to nobble the jury
收买陪审团的企图。
Example sentencesExamples
- The board feel, to put it mildly, that they have been nobbled.
- We may sometimes unwittingly be nobbled by anti-war campaigners.
- Those attracted to John Howard's proposal to nobble the Senate to stop it obstructing his legislation should look first at what he and his predecessors have already done to the House of Representatives.
- On the other hand, perhaps they saw the law on presidential elections as a chance to nobble their rivals before they even got to the start line.
- You don't fight crime by nobbling juries and fixing trials, but by hiring officers who can catch criminals, a task which appears to be beyond Sir John.
- But it is much harder to nobble 12 independent jurors than it is to bribe or intimidate one judge.
- We are concerned to make sure that people do not nobble juries - that juries do not have a rogue element that will not be convinced either way and simply not look at the issues.
- While dismissing the notion of trying to nobble his rival in the ensuing training sessions, he admitted it had been an unusual mix of emotions.
- So we have a sitting MP and Minister using the Public Service Code of Conduct in an effort to nobble his electoral competition.
- The prisons are packed and new ones being built as fast as possible, the Wood Commission reforms have been rolled back and the Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission nobbled.
- Many people, and I have talked to a large number, mainly women, in this category of being the second-income earner, are desperately keen to get back into the workforce, but are nobbled by the high cost of childcare.
- There are three counts of perverting the course of justice where, in colloquial language, you tried to nobble the prosecution witnesses before the authorities got to them.
- Everyone is convinced they are being ripped off and the main strategy is to nobble your opponent.
- British courts are less corruptible than their European counterparts because it is easier to nobble one judge than 12 jurors.
- Not only have they revolted against the attempts by the whips to nobble select committees, they're starting to talk out of turn in Westminster.
- He wastes five long years nobbling Hanson silently and quietly via the courts!
- At first, the pair try to head off their enemy at the pass, so to speak, by nobbling his ham-fisted henchmen.
Synonyms
bribe, corrupt, suborn, buy, buy off, pay off, get at, induce, lure, entice, grease someone's palm, oil someone's hand, oil someone's palm
1. 1.1 Tamper with (a racehorse or greyhound) to prevent it from winning a race, especially by giving it a drug.
  （尤指为了阻止赛马或猎犬赢得比赛而用药物）损害（赛马或猎犬）
  Example sentencesExamples
  It would be neatly symmetrical if he were recalled for Saturday, for it was at the Millennium stadium six weeks ago that he was in such blistering form for Munster before being nobbled.
  Synonyms
  drug, dope
2Obtain dishonestly; steal.
骗取；窃取
he intended to nobble Rose's money
他企图骗取罗斯的钱。
Synonyms
steal, thieve, rob, embezzle
1. 2.1 Seize or accost (someone)
  they nobbled him and threw him on to the train
  他们抓住他并把他扔上了火车。
  people always tried to nobble her at parties
  人们总是想在聚会上跟她搭讪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I was in the middle of ordering a very expensive round of gins and tonics when I was nobbled by one of the wedding guests at the bar.
  When the team of waiting staff delivered the last of the meals and wished us bon appétit, I nobbled the waiter nearest me.
  Yet he manages to nobble a number of people who first agree to contribute to the film, and then mysteriously drop out.
  But then, when the official part was over, I was nobbled by a man in the English Department.
  Synonyms
  abduct, seize, capture, kidnap, catch, apprehend, arrest, take into custody, take in, bring in

Origin

Mid 19th century: probably a variant of dialect knobble, knubble ‘knock, strike with the knuckles’.

词汇	nobble
释义	Definition of nobble in English: nobble verb ˈnɒb(ə)lˈnɑbəl [with object]British informal 1Try to influence or thwart by underhand or unfair methods. （通过阴险的或不正当的方法）影响；阻止 an attempt to nobble the jury 收买陪审团的企图。 Example sentencesExamples The board feel, to put it mildly, that they have been nobbled. While dismissing the notion of trying to nobble his rival in the ensuing training sessions, he admitted it had been an unusual mix of emotions. But it is much harder to nobble 12 independent jurors than it is to bribe or intimidate one judge. He wastes five long years nobbling Hanson silently and quietly via the courts! At first, the pair try to head off their enemy at the pass, so to speak, by nobbling his ham-fisted henchmen. So we have a sitting MP and Minister using the Public Service Code of Conduct in an effort to nobble his electoral competition. On the other hand, perhaps they saw the law on presidential elections as a chance to nobble their rivals before they even got to the start line. Those attracted to John Howard's proposal to nobble the Senate to stop it obstructing his legislation should look first at what he and his predecessors have already done to the House of Representatives. The prisons are packed and new ones being built as fast as possible, the Wood Commission reforms have been rolled back and the Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission nobbled. We may sometimes unwittingly be nobbled by anti-war campaigners. Everyone is convinced they are being ripped off and the main strategy is to nobble your opponent. You don't fight crime by nobbling juries and fixing trials, but by hiring officers who can catch criminals, a task which appears to be beyond Sir John. There are three counts of perverting the course of justice where, in colloquial language, you tried to nobble the prosecution witnesses before the authorities got to them. Not only have they revolted against the attempts by the whips to nobble select committees, they're starting to talk out of turn in Westminster. We are concerned to make sure that people do not nobble juries - that juries do not have a rogue element that will not be convinced either way and simply not look at the issues. British courts are less corruptible than their European counterparts because it is easier to nobble one judge than 12 jurors. Many people, and I have talked to a large number, mainly women, in this category of being the second-income earner, are desperately keen to get back into the workforce, but are nobbled by the high cost of childcare. Synonyms bribe, corrupt, suborn, buy, buy off, pay off, get at, induce, lure, entice, grease someone's palm, oil someone's palm/hand influence, persuade, win over, secure someone's support, sway, swing, affect, control, manipulate 1.1 Tamper with (a racehorse or greyhound) to prevent it from winning a race, especially by giving it a drug. （尤指为了阻止赛马或猎犬赢得比赛而用药物）损害（赛马或猎犬） a doping ring nobbled three of the trainer's horses in 1990 Example sentencesExamples It would be neatly symmetrical if he were recalled for Saturday, for it was at the Millennium stadium six weeks ago that he was in such blistering form for Munster before being nobbled. Synonyms drug, dope tamper with, interfere with, disable, incapacitate, weaken 2Obtain dishonestly; steal. 骗取；窃取 he intended to nobble Rose's money 他企图骗取罗斯的钱。 Synonyms steal, thieve, rob, embezzle 2.1 Seize or accost (someone) they nobbled him and threw him on to the train 他们抓住他并把他扔上了火车。 people always tried to nobble her at parties 人们总是想在聚会上跟她搭讪。 Example sentencesExamples But then, when the official part was over, I was nobbled by a man in the English Department. I was in the middle of ordering a very expensive round of gins and tonics when I was nobbled by one of the wedding guests at the bar. When the team of waiting staff delivered the last of the meals and wished us bon appétit, I nobbled the waiter nearest me. Yet he manages to nobble a number of people who first agree to contribute to the film, and then mysteriously drop out. Synonyms abduct, seize, capture, kidnap, catch, apprehend, arrest, take into custody, take in, bring in informal snatch, nab, nail, pinch, cop, run in, pull in, pick up, collar British informal nick Derivatives nobbler noun British informal Meanwhile the government's nobblers will be out in force, but perhaps the real problems will come from inside Latham's own stable. Example sentencesExamples Young women ‘nobblers’ are more inclined to disguise themselves as young girls who claim to be too poor to continue their education or who say they need money to go back home. The gang plotted to put drugs money into normal circulation through betting, using a range of informers and horse nobblers to ensure that the bets were as risk-free as possible. Origin Mid 19th century: probably a variant of dialect knobble, knubble 'knock, strike with the knuckles'. Rhymes bobble, Chernobyl, cobble, gobble, hobble, knobble, squabble, wobble Definition of nobble in US English: nobble verbˈnɑbəlˈnäbəl [with object]British informal 1Try to influence or thwart (someone or something) by underhanded or unfair methods. （通过阴险的或不正当的方法）影响；阻止 an attempt to nobble the jury 收买陪审团的企图。 Example sentencesExamples The board feel, to put it mildly, that they have been nobbled. We may sometimes unwittingly be nobbled by anti-war campaigners. Those attracted to John Howard's proposal to nobble the Senate to stop it obstructing his legislation should look first at what he and his predecessors have already done to the House of Representatives. On the other hand, perhaps they saw the law on presidential elections as a chance to nobble their rivals before they even got to the start line. You don't fight crime by nobbling juries and fixing trials, but by hiring officers who can catch criminals, a task which appears to be beyond Sir John. But it is much harder to nobble 12 independent jurors than it is to bribe or intimidate one judge. We are concerned to make sure that people do not nobble juries - that juries do not have a rogue element that will not be convinced either way and simply not look at the issues. While dismissing the notion of trying to nobble his rival in the ensuing training sessions, he admitted it had been an unusual mix of emotions. So we have a sitting MP and Minister using the Public Service Code of Conduct in an effort to nobble his electoral competition. The prisons are packed and new ones being built as fast as possible, the Wood Commission reforms have been rolled back and the Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission nobbled. Many people, and I have talked to a large number, mainly women, in this category of being the second-income earner, are desperately keen to get back into the workforce, but are nobbled by the high cost of childcare. There are three counts of perverting the course of justice where, in colloquial language, you tried to nobble the prosecution witnesses before the authorities got to them. Everyone is convinced they are being ripped off and the main strategy is to nobble your opponent. British courts are less corruptible than their European counterparts because it is easier to nobble one judge than 12 jurors. Not only have they revolted against the attempts by the whips to nobble select committees, they're starting to talk out of turn in Westminster. He wastes five long years nobbling Hanson silently and quietly via the courts! At first, the pair try to head off their enemy at the pass, so to speak, by nobbling his ham-fisted henchmen. Synonyms bribe, corrupt, suborn, buy, buy off, pay off, get at, induce, lure, entice, grease someone's palm, oil someone's hand, oil someone's palm 1.1 Tamper with (a racehorse or greyhound) to prevent it from winning a race, especially by giving it a drug. （尤指为了阻止赛马或猎犬赢得比赛而用药物）损害（赛马或猎犬） Example sentencesExamples It would be neatly symmetrical if he were recalled for Saturday, for it was at the Millennium stadium six weeks ago that he was in such blistering form for Munster before being nobbled. Synonyms drug, dope 2Obtain dishonestly; steal. 骗取；窃取 he intended to nobble Rose's money 他企图骗取罗斯的钱。 Synonyms steal, thieve, rob, embezzle 2.1 Seize or accost (someone) they nobbled him and threw him on to the train 他们抓住他并把他扔上了火车。 people always tried to nobble her at parties 人们总是想在聚会上跟她搭讪。 Example sentencesExamples I was in the middle of ordering a very expensive round of gins and tonics when I was nobbled by one of the wedding guests at the bar. When the team of waiting staff delivered the last of the meals and wished us bon appétit, I nobbled the waiter nearest me. Yet he manages to nobble a number of people who first agree to contribute to the film, and then mysteriously drop out. But then, when the official part was over, I was nobbled by a man in the English Department. Synonyms abduct, seize, capture, kidnap, catch, apprehend, arrest, take into custody, take in, bring in Origin Mid 19th century: probably a variant of dialect knobble, knubble ‘knock, strike with the knuckles’.
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