scrobble

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɹɒbəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒbəl

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, slang) To waylay, kidnap or steal.
   • 1935, John Masefield, The Box of Delights:

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

   • 1996, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, page 73:

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

Noun

scrobble (plural scrobbles)

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

Anagrams

• Cobblers, cobbler's, clobbers, cobblers