chobble
chobble verb: to chew into small pieces. Also the pronunciation spelling of trouble.
Verb
chobble (third-person singular simple present chobbles, present participle chobbling, simple past and past participle chobbled)
- To chew into small pieces.
- An’ I gets m’ pig ’ome, an’ ’e sims to turn out copital; ’e be sich a despret good cratcher, doan’t kip suckin’ an’ quiddlin’ at ’is fittle, but a chobbles it up like.1897, Hamilton Kingsford, Vigornian Monologues: A Series of Papers in Illustration of the Dialect of Worcestershire, Berrow's Worcester Journal Company, page 12
- “Can’t get used to the damn things,” he says. “Easier to chobble away like this.”2000, Roy Holland, Just a Bit Touched: Tales of Perspective, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 3
Also used as
chobble is also the pronunciation spelling of trouble.
Forms of chobble
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | chobbles |
| present participle | chobbling |
| past participle | chobbled |
| past | chobbled |
| Noun | |
| plural | chobbles |
Origin of chobble
Perhaps a blend of chew + gobble but perhaps instead from chop + -le (frequentative suffix).
Questions about chobble
- What does chobble mean?
- Chobble means to chew into small pieces.
- What part of speech is chobble?
- Chobble is a verb.
- What is the past tense of chobble?
- The past tense of chobble is chobbled.
Words near chobble in the dictionary
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