Topic: HORSES
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from knobble 'to hit with the closed hand' (1800-1900) |
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nob‧ble
[transitive] British English informal
[transitive] British English informal1 to make someone do what you want by illegally offering them money or threatening them [↪ bribe]: The jury had been nobbled and the case had to be reheard.
The jury had been nobbled and the case had to be reheard.2DSH to prevent a horse from winning a race, especially by giving it drugs
3 to get someone's attention, especially in order to persuade them to do something : I was nobbled by my deaf old aunt and couldn't get away.
I was nobbled by my deaf old aunt and couldn't get away.