nobble – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of nobble

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to nobble
Participle: nobbled
Gerund: nobbling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Inobble
younobble
he;she;itnobbles
wenobble
younobble
theynobble

Perfect

Ihave nobbled
youhave nobbled
he;she;ithas nobbled
wehave nobbled
youhave nobbled
theyhave nobbled

Past

Inobbled
younobbled
he;she;itnobbled
wenobbled
younobbled
theynobbled

Pluperfect

Ihad nobbled
youhad nobbled
he;she;ithad nobbled
wehad nobbled
youhad nobbled
theyhad nobbled

Future

Iwill nobble
youwill nobble
he;she;itwill nobble
wewill nobble
youwill nobble
theywill nobble

Future Perfect

Iwill have nobbled
youwill have nobbled
he;she;itwill have nobbled
wewill have nobbled
youwill have nobbled
theywill have nobbled

Subjunctive

Present

Inobble
younobble
he;she;itnobble
wenobble
younobble
theynobble

Perfect

Ihave nobbled
youhave nobbled
he;she;ithave nobbled
wehave nobbled
youhave nobbled
theyhave nobbled

Imperfect

Inobbled
younobbled
he;she;itnobbled
wenobbled
younobbled
theynobbled

Pluperfect

Ihad nobbled
youhad nobbled
he;she;ithad nobbled
wehad nobbled
youhad nobbled
theyhad nobbled

Conditional

Present

Iwould nobble
youwould nobble
he;she;itwould nobble
wewould nobble
youwould nobble
theywould nobble

Perfect

Iwould have nobbled
youwould have nobbled
he;she;itwould have nobbled
wewould have nobbled
youwould have nobbled
theywould have nobbled

Imperative

younobble
weLet's nobble
younobble

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam nobbling
youare nobbling
he;she;itis nobbling
weare nobbling
youare nobbling
theyare nobbling

Perfect

Ihave been nobbling
youhave been nobbling
he;she;ithas been nobbling
wehave been nobbling
youhave been nobbling
theyhave been nobbling

Past

Iwas nobbling
youwere nobbling
he;she;itwas nobbling
wewere nobbling
youwere nobbling
theywere nobbling

Pluperfect

Ihad been nobbling
youhad been nobbling
he;she;ithad been nobbling
wehad been nobbling
youhad been nobbling
theyhad been nobbling

Future

Iwill be nobbling
youwill be nobbling
he;she;itwill be nobbling
wewill be nobbling
youwill be nobbling
theywill be nobbling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been nobbling
youwill have been nobbling
he;she;itwill have been nobbling
wewill have been nobbling
youwill have been nobbling
theywill have been nobbling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be nobbling
youwould be nobbling
he;she;itwould be nobbling
wewould be nobbling
youwould be nobbling
theywould be nobbling

Perfect

Iwould have been nobbling
youwould have been nobbling
he;she;itwould have been nobbling
wewould have been nobbling
youwould have been nobbling
theywould have been nobbling

Other

Verbs similar to 'nobble'

bobble, cobble, gobble, hobble, jobble, knobble, nibble, noble, nubble, wobble,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • Near-synonyms: hobble, hamper, hinder, impede, embarrass, disable
  • After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life. [2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
  • Their core belief, unsupported by evidence or logic, is that homes are unaffordable because investors drive up prices.[…]Australians for Affordable Housing appears to think that nobbling investors will strike a telling blow for first-time buyers: remove negative gearing and increase capital gains tax, and homes will be affordable. [2011 October 22, Terry Ryder, “Affordable-housing lobby out to nobble investments”, in The Australian:]
  • Google has come out fighting after Twitter claimed that changes to its search engine nobble results to favour Google+, damaging the internet. [2012 January 11, Gavin Clarke, “Google attacks Twitter's search bias claim”, in The Register:]
  • His main fear is that the fledgling technology could have its wings clipped by traditional manufacturers, who will doubtless view it as a threat to their livelihoods, and do all in their powers to nobble it. [2012 September 9, “3D printing: Difference Engine: The PC all over again”, in The Economist:]
  • Unlike "noble" vigilantes, the police and court facilities which exist are said to be inefficient and corrupt, and juries are said to be easily "nobbled" or intimidated. [2000, Italo Pardo, Morals of Legitimacy: Between Agency and System, page 122:]
  • For example jury trials were reformed to allow majority verdicts, so that criminals could less easily nobble them. [2002, Kevin Jefferys, Labour Forces: From Ernie Bevin to Gordon Brown, page 107:]
  • Here, though, Picot's overbearing power, and the fact that the bishop was an absentee, meant that the sheriff could use threats to "nobble" the judges. [2012, Mark Hagger, William: King and Conqueror, page 75:]
  • Every design that villainy could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended 'coopering', even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with. [1864, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 8, page 110:]