scrobble

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/ˈskɹɒbəl/

verb

To waylay, kidnap or steal.

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Meanings

scrobble1

verbscrobble (third-person singular simple present scrobbles, present participle scrobbling, simple past and past participle scrobbled)

present singular third person scrobbles · participle present scrobbling · participle past scrobbled · past scrobbled

  1. slangtransitiveTo waylay, kidnap or steal.

    They've tried to scrobble another clergyman who was walking into Tatchester from Tineton.

    1935, John Masefield, The Box of Delights
    1 more example

    We have no intention of violating their market truce. More of waiting till she has left the market and scrobbling her...

    1996, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, page 73

scrobble2

verbscrobble (third-person singular simple present scrobbles, present participle scrobbling, simple past and past participle scrobbled)

present singular third person scrobbles · participle present scrobbling · participle past scrobbled · past scrobbled

  1. InternetTo publish one's media consumption habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain items are played.
nounscrobble (plural scrobbles)

plural scrobbles

  1. InternetA datum or the aggregate data collected by this means.

Origin

scrobble · verb

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

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scrobble · verb, noun

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scrobble

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Anagrams

cobblers
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APA

scrobble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrobble

MLA

“scrobble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrobble. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrobble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrobble.

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