Etymology

scrobble

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Today it means: To waylay, kidnap or steal. Full definition →

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scrobble · verb1

1927, in the book The Midnight Folk by John Masefield.

scrobble · verb, noun2

From the name of the Internet service Audioscrobbler, probably a nonce coinage perhaps based on scribble.

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