To knobble a person is to compromise, block or blackmail them so that they cannot easily act in an honest way. The verb is more commonly used as 'knobbled', where the person has given in to such pressure. There are several good examples in the 'knobbled' entry.
There are already adjectival uses in the examples.
"“Are those who are out to get the Arsenal captain the same people who knobbled Hennes the Billy Goat?”" The Guardian: Why the witch-hunt against Cesc Fábregas gets my goat | Harry Pearson. This is simple past tense of the informal verb 'knobble'. There are a few other examples of this use in the list on this page.
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GHibbs commented on the word droning
My adjectival use: 'Droning planes annoy me.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dribbling
My adjectival use: 'These dribbling dogs make such a mess.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word draining
My adjectival use: 'The draining flood water went onto the road.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word drafting
My adjectival use: 'They used to use drafting paper, now they use drafting software.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word doubling
My adjectival use: 'A frequently doubling system could grow exponentially.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dithering
My adjectival use: 'The dithering man fell.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dissenting
My adjectival use: 'You will need to learn how to work with dissenting students.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word disquieting
My adjectival use: 'Having burglars is a disquieting experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word disparaging
My adjectival use: 'He makes disparaging remarks.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word disconcerting
My adjectival use: 'The attack by the dog was a disconcerting experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lynching
My adjectival use: 'The lynching mob killed hundreds of people.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lumbering
My adjectival use: 'The load was falling off the lumbering cart.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word looming
My adjectival use: 'They had not studied for the looming exams.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word loading
My adjectival use: 'You need to load in the loading bay.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word listing
My alternative adjectival use: 'The listing ship will soon sink.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lining
My adjectival use: 'You will need to use lining paper.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word liberating
My adjectival use: 'That was a liberating experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lengthening
My adjectival use: 'There are muscle lengthening exercises.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word launching
My adjectival use: 'They will use a launching pad.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word lashing
My adjectival use: 'The lashing rain soaked us through.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word alright
My sentence: 'Would you check to see that the lagging walkers are alright?' where 'alright' means: safe, comfortable, ok, ...
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word labelling
My adjectival use: 'Do you have a labelling machine?'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word juddering
My adjectival use: 'The juddering bus was most uncomfortable.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word jeering
My adjectival use: 'Get him away from the jeering crowd.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word isolating
My adjectival use: 'Becoming deaf is an isolating experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word irritating
My adjectival use: 'Would you stop that irritating noise?'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ionising
My adjectival use of ionising: 'X-rays are a form of ionising radiation.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intruding
My adjectival use: 'I must ask all the intruding people to go out now.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intriguing
My adjectival use: 'It is an intriguing story.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intimidating
My adjectival use: 'They tried to make it an intimidating experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intervening
My adjectival use: 'Much could happen in the intervening time.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word intensifying
My adjectival use: 'They are not ready for the intensifying demands of the work.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word instructing
My adjectival use: 'The instructing company will pay the fees.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word inspiring
My adjectival uses: 'That was an inspiring event. She is an inspiring person.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word initiating
My adjectival use: 'We will ask the initiating group to follow up.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word infuriating
My adjectival use: 'He is such an infuriating person.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word inducing
My adjectival use: 'If the baby does not come soon they will try inducing.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word igniting
My adjectival use: 'You must keep away from an igniting firework.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hoarding
My adjectival use: 'You could use hoarding posters to advertise it.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word heartening
My adjectival use: 'That would be heartening news.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word haunting
My adjectival use: 'They love a haunting tune.'
My use as a noun: 'They reported a haunting.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hauling
My adjectival use: 'Rather than hauling company they say haulage company.'
My example as a singular noun: 'Their main work is hauling or haulage.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hatching
My adjectival use: 'You must not help a hatching bird escape from its egg.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hammering
My adjectival use: 'The hammering sound disturbed his sleep.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word halting
My adjectival use: 'His halting speech was evidence of his stroke.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word hallucinating
My adjectival use: 'They took the hallucinating child to hospital.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gusting
My adjectival use: 'The gusting wind made it diffucult to walk.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gratifying
My adjectival use: 'He made some gratifying remarks.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gnawing
My adjectival use: 'It was a gnawing pain in his foot.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word glittering
My adjectival use: 'He tried to count the glistening stars.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word glistening
My adjectival use: 'Children often love glistening lights.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gleaming
My adjectival use: 'I love the gleaming glass.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gibbering
My adjectival use: 'There was a gibbering monkey in the kitchen.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gasping
My adjectival use: 'He threw the gasping fish back into the water.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word gardening
My adjectival use: 'It is a gardening magazine.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word galling
My adjectival use: 'He said that it was a galling experience, because all his friends were there.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word freshening
My adjectival use: 'A storm may follow this freshening wind.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word freewheeling
My adjectival use: 'You may easily loose control of a freewheeling bicycle.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word fluttering
My adjectival use: 'The fluttering bird was struggling to be free of the net.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word fluctuating
My adjectival use: 'It may be hard to control a fluctuating temperature.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word flaking
My adjectival use: 'You need to remove the flaking paint first.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word flagging
My use as an adjective: 'The flagging climbers appreciated the food and rest.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word fining
My use of fining as a singular noun: 'They use fining as a penalty.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word festering
My adjectival use: 'You need to treat that festering wound.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word fermenting
My use of fermenting as a noun: "You could say that it is 'by fermenting' but it would be better to say 'by a fermentation process'."
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word fermenting
My adjectival use: 'They kept the fermenting wine in a cool place.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word expiring
My adjectival use: 'You need to renew your expiring subscription.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word expelling
My adjectival use: 'it is a powerful expelling force.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word exiting
My adjectival use: 'Exiting traffic must turn left.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word exhausting
My adjectival use: 'It is an exhausting job.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word escalating
My adjectival use: 'They need to prevent the escalating terrorism.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ensuing
My adjectival use: 'You must wait for the ensuing instructions.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word enlivening
My adjectival use: 'Swimming is often an enlivening experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word enlightening
My adjectival use: 'It was an enlightening experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word engraving
My adjectival use: 'This is an engraving knife.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word enervating
My adjectival use: 'Tokyo has an enervating climate in summer.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word encoding
My adjectival use: 'They must use an encoding scheme.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word encircling
My adjectival use: 'They were protected by the encircling crowd.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word embracing
My adjectival use: 'The child rushed into her mother's embracing arms.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word effecting
My adjectival use: Rather than say 'an effecting drug', we usually say that we would use 'an effectual drug'.
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word edifying
My adjectival use: 'You need to read edifying books.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word echoing
My adjectival use: 'They loved to play under the echoing bridge.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word devastating
My adjectival use: 'They helped after the devastating storm.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word deteriorating
My adjectival use: 'The deteriorating conditions caused them to leave the city.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word demoralising
In American English they prefer 'demoralizing'.
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word demoralizing
In British English we normally use 'demoralising'.
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word demonstrating
My adjectival use: 'The demonstrating workers stayed all day.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word demeaning
My adjectival use: 'He found that working for the police in public was a demeaning experience.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word defining
My adjectival use: 'Winning that game was a defining moment.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word debating
My adjectival use: 'A school may have a debating club.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dawdling
My adjectival use: 'The dawdling children will be late for class.;
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word curtaining
My adjectival use: 'I bought the curtaining material today.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word crumbling
There are adjectival uses in the examples.
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word cruising
There are adjectival uses in the examples.
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word crowning
'crowning' is also a superlative.
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word craving
My adjectival use: 'When she gets craving pains she ...'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word cramping
My adjectival use: 'He has cramping pains.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word coupling
My adjectival use: 'The coupling mechanism has broken.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word sunburnt
It is an alternative to 'sunburned' and as such is also a simple past tense of sunburn.
August 21, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word stamped
My adjectival use: 'Put the stamped mail in the box.'
August 21, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word roped
My adjectival use: 'Stay inside the roped area.'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word rooted
Simple past tense: 'the plants rooted well during the winter.'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word requisitioned
My adjectival use: 'When do you expect the requisitioned machines to arrive?'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word proportioned
My adjectival use: 'It is a beautifully proportioned room.'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word prearranged
There are adjectival uses in the examples.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word postponed
There are adjectival uses in the examples.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word pooled
There are adjectival uses in the examples.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word plasticised
There are adjectival uses in the examples.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word petrified
My adjectival use: 'She took the petrified children to a safe place.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word persecuted
My adjectival use: "There are too many persecuted people in the world?'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word pawned
There are adjectival uses in the examples.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word paralysed
My adjectival use: 'He has a paralysed arm.'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word oxygenated
My adjectival use: 'The heart sends the oxygenated blood around the body,'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word overused
As a simple verb, past: 'You overused your own personal examples in your paper.'
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word knobble
To knobble a person is to compromise, block or blackmail them so that they cannot easily act in an honest way. The verb is more commonly used as 'knobbled', where the person has given in to such pressure. There are several good examples in the 'knobbled' entry.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word knobbled
There are already adjectival uses in the examples.
"“Are those who are out to get the Arsenal captain the same people who knobbled Hennes the Billy Goat?”" The Guardian: Why the witch-hunt against Cesc Fábregas gets my goat | Harry Pearson. This is simple past tense of the informal verb 'knobble'. There are a few other examples of this use in the list on this page.
August 20, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word invested
My adjectival use: He had an invested sum of £1,000.
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word infested
My adjectival use: 'We need to clean the infested area thoroughly.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word firmed
My adjectival use: 'They could walk on the firmed soil.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word felled
My adjectival use: 'The pigeon flew from the newly felled tree.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word extracted
My adjectival uses: 'What do your children do with their extracted teeth?' 'They use the extracted water on their fields.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word expelled
My adjectival use: 'They send expelled students to a special school.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word exhaled
My adjectival use: 'There is little oxygen in exhaled air.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word enslaved
My adjectival use: 'The enslaved man planned to escape.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word encoded
My adjectival use: 'You need to understand the encoded instructions'.
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word ejected
My adjectival use: 'The ejected pilot survived.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word dwarfed
My adjectival use: 'Their dwarfed house is in the shade most of the day.'
August 19, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word duplicated
My adjectival use is 'It was a duplicated copy'. GH
August 19, 2011