nobbleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈnɒb.əl/us/ˈnɑː.əl/UK slangnobble verb [ T ] (CAUSE TO FAIL)
to make something fail, especially to make a horse in a race fail by giving it drugs
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Horse racing
- bloodstock
- derby
- flat racing
- gee-gee
- hurdle
- hurdler
- jockey
- photo finish
- post
- race
- race meeting
- racecourse
- racetrack
- racing
- ringer
- runner
- steeplechase
- turf
- unplaced
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Failing and doing badly
nobble verb [ T ] (PERSUADE)
to persuade someone to do what you want them to do, especially by using money or threats:
The jury who convicted him were suspected of being nobbled.
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Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- perjury
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
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nobble verb [ T ] (CATCH ATTENTION)
to intentionally catch the attention of someone so that you can talk to them:
He nobbled her in the corridor to sign the invoice.
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Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- butt in
- buttonhole
- chime
- chip in
- cut the crap! idiom
- heckle
- horn in
- interject
- interpose
- interrupt
- interruption
- mike check
- put a sock in it! idiom
- shush
- shut
- sock
- speak
- speak when you're spoken to! idiom
- strike
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