Definitions for nobble

nobble nob·ble

Spelling: [nob-uh l]
IPA: /ˈnɒb əl/

Nobble is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in nobble (bbelno).

Definitions for nobble

verb (used with object)

  1. to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
  2. to convince (a person) by fraudulent methods; misrepresent or lie to.
  3. to swindle; defraud.
  4. to seize (a person); hold for arrest.

Origin of nobble

1840-50; back formation from nobbler, variant of hobbler (dial. phrase an 'obbler being taken as a nobbler)

Examples for nobble

Mrs. Smith was then living at nobble, and Crinkett knew more about her than I did.

It seemed that Crinkett was very well known in nobble indeed.

She could not account for the absence of the nobble postmark.

If anybody had done well at nobble, Mr. Crinkett had done well.

We don't mean to lose this match, nor don't mean to let you nobble us.

Here they stayed but a few hours and then went on by coach on their journey to nobble.

I allus said any fool can be a smith but it takes a good man to nobble.

nobble they thought was the foulest place which they had ever seen.

Mrs. Henniker, of the hotel at nobble, had offered to swear that there had been no marriage.

Away at nobble the females by whom he had been surrounded had not been attractive to him.

Word Value for nobble
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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