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nobble
Overview of verb nobble
The verb nobble has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con -- (deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change")
2. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)
3. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch -- (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped")
4. nobble -- (disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses")
Grep of noun nobble
knobble
Antonyms of verb nobble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nobble
4 senses of nobble
Sense 1
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
=> take
Sense 3
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> seize
=> take, get hold of
Sense 4
nobble
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb nobble
2 of 4 senses of nobble
Sense 1
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> short-change, short
Sense 3
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> shanghai, impress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nobble
4 senses of nobble
Sense 1
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
Sense 2
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
Sense 3
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> seize
Sense 4
nobble
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
'Cause To' of verb nobble
Derived Forms of verb nobble
Domain of verb nobble
1 of 4 senses of nobble
Sense 3
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
TOPIC>(noun) crime#1, law-breaking#1
Domain Terms of verb nobble
Familiarity of verb nobble
nobble used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb nobble
4 senses of nobble
Sense 1
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
EX: They nobble him of all his money
Sense 2
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
EX: They nobble the goods
Sense 3
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
nobble
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb nobble
4 senses of nobble
Sense 1
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> gazump
=> cozen
=> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
=> victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> bilk
=> beat, bunk
=> whipsaw
=> welsh
=> juggle, beguile, hoodwink
Sense 2
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
> steal
=> pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> rustle, lift
=> shoplift
=> pirate
=> plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> pocket, bag
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> rob
=> hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
=> walk off
=> hustle, pluck, roll
=> loot, plunder
=> burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist
Sense 3
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
> seize
=> raven
=> wrest
=> kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate
Sense 4
nobble
> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> lay up
=> nobble
=> pinion
=> restrain, confine, hold
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb nobble
Sense 1
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
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Sense 2
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
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Sense 3
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> seize
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Sense 4
nobble
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
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Grep of verb nobble
nobble
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