1. Get someone's attention in order to speak them, esp. against their will or to influence them
   "He nobbled me in the hallway to discuss his new idea";
   - accost, buttonhole [informal]
    
2. Take by theft
   "He was going to nobble the phone someone had left behind";
   - hook [informal], snitch [informal], thieve, cop [informal], knock off [informal], glom [N. Amer, informal], boost [N. Amer, informal], pilfer, cabbage [archaic, informal], purloin [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], abstract [informal], snarf [N. Amer, informal], swipe [informal], sneak [informal], filch [informal], lift [informal], nick [Brit, informal], snatch [informal], whip [Brit, informal], blag [Brit, informal]
    
3. Disable by drugging
   "nobble the race horses"
    
4. Influence by intimidation or corrupt means
   "the jury was nobbled"
    
5. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
   "The industrialist's son was nobbled";
   - kidnap, abduct, snatch

Sounds like: kno

Derived forms: nobbles, nobbled, nobbling

Type of: come, come up, disable, disenable [archaic], incapacitate, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], seize, steal

Encyclopedia: Nobble