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

1. (transitive, slang) To waylay, kidnap or steal.
   • John Masefield

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

   • 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.

Verb

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

1. (Internet slang) To publish one's music-listening habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain songs are played.

Noun

scrobble (plural scrobbles)

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

Anagrams

• clobbers, cobbler's, cobblers