NOBBLE


Meaning of NOBBLE in English

(~s, nobbling, ~d)

1.

If someone ~s an important group of people such as a committee, they offer them money or threaten them in order to make them do something. (BRIT INFORMAL)

The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to ~ the jury...

VERB: V n

2.

If someone ~s a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. (BRIT INFORMAL)

...the drug used to ~ two horses at Doncaster.

VERB: V n

3.

If someone ~s your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. (BRIT INFORMAL)

His opportunity to re-establish himself had been ~d by the manager’s tactics.

VERB: V n

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