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NOBBLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they nobble ... he / she / it nobbles
Past simple: nobbled
-ing form: nobbling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
nobble the race horses
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):
disable; disenable; incapacitate (make unable to perform a certain action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Example:
The industrialist's son was kidnapped
Synonyms:
abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):
seize (take or capture by force)
Domain category:
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; 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
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make off with belongings of others
Synonyms:
abstract; cabbage; filch; hook; lift; nobble; pilfer; pinch; purloin; snarf; sneak; swipe
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They nobble the goods
Sense 4
Meaning:
Example:
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
Synonyms:
bunco; con; defraud; diddle; goldbrick; hornswoggle; mulct; nobble; rook; scam; short-change; swindle; victimize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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