Translations for „nobble“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

nobble [ˈnɒbl̩, Am ˈnɑ:-] VB trans Brit inf

1. nobble (bribe):

nobble

przekupić

2. nobble (threaten):

nobble

zastraszać [perf zastraszyć]

3. nobble (grab attention):

nobble

zaczepiać [perf zaczepić]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I've done it lots of times but you must be organised and leave no time to be nobbled for hanging around in an area designated for drop-offs.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Whom to nobble, and how?

www.telegraph.co.uk

It has been nobbled before it has even begun.

independentaustralia.net

We allowed three mining companies to nobble a resources rent tax and then cheered as it was abolished altogether.

www.abc.net.au

Why such process is so hard to establish and all countries desserve place on such prominent and nobble list of educated countries?

newsfeed.time.com

So it's axiomatic that if she can't prevail against what's darkly being called the old boys' network trying to nobble her prospects then she fails by her own standards.

www.stuff.co.nz

These agents can be used to acquire territory, scout, nobble or protect other agents, and generally confuse the issue of who's winning.

www.pcgamer.com

In 1995, he maintains, the team were nobbled before the final.

www.independent.ie

You just need to make sure you've nobbled all the influential posts in academe, the media, the arts, big business and so on.

www.spectator.co.uk

Language is a beautiful and fabulously descriptive gift, why nobble it?

blogs.crikey.com.au