What does cobble mean?
Definitions for cobble
ˈkɒb əlcob·ble
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word cobble.
Princeton's WordNet
cobble, cobblestone, settverb
rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
cobble, cobblestoneverb
pave with cobblestones
cobbleverb
repair or mend
"cobble shoes"
Wiktionary
cobblenoun
A cobblestone.
cobblenoun
A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
cobbleverb
To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
cobbleverb
To assemble ('cobble together' an improvised assembly).
cobbleverb
To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
cobbleverb
To tell someone a story of dubious authenticity; a tall tale.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To COBBLEverb
Etymology: kobler, Danish.
If you be out, sir, I can mend you. —— Why, sir, cobble you. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.
They’ll sit by th’ fire, and presume to know
What’s done i’ th’ capitol; making parties strong,
And feeble such as stand not in their liking,
Below their cobbled shoes. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Many underlayers, when they could not live upon their trade, have raised themselves from cobbling to fluxing. Roger L'Estrange.
Reject the nauseous praises of the times:
Give thy base poets back their cobbled rhimes. Dryden.Believe not that the whole universe is mere bungling and blundering, nothing effected for any purpose or design, but all ill favouredly cobbled and jumbled together. Richard Bentley.
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cobble
Cobble generally refers to a small, round stone, especially one used to pave streets or pathways. It can also be used as a verb meaning to put together or make something in a rough, improvised or hasty way, such as repairing or assembling.
Webster Dictionary
Cobblenoun
a fishing boat. See Coble
Cobblenoun
a cobblestone
Cobblenoun
cob coal. See under Cob
Cobbleverb
to make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes
Cobbleverb
to make clumsily
Cobbleverb
to pave with cobblestones
Etymology: [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. Couple, n. & v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cobble
kob′l, n. a stone worn smooth by water.—n. Cobb′le-stone, a rounded stone used in paving.—v.t. to pave with such. [Ety. dub.]
Cobble
kob′l, v.t. to patch up or mend coarsely, as shoes.—ns. Cobb′ler, one who cobbles or mends shoes: a drink made up of wine, sugar, &c., and sucked through a straw; Cobbler's punch, a warm drink made of beer, with the addition of spirit, sugar, and spice. [Der. unknown.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
COBBLE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cobble is ranked #17097 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cobble surname appeared 1,660 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Cobble.
83.9% or 1,394 total occurrences were White.
9.5% or 159 total occurrences were Black.
2.2% or 37 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.7% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.5% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.
0.9% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cobble in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cobble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of cobble in a Sentence
Zardari believes when the time to cobble together a government arrives they will need ... someone like him, and he will become the kingmaker.
The slimmer margin, it cuts both ways, its tough because we have to make sure that we cobble together a winning majority, but also its solid because were able to push a little bit more.
The WNBA survives and it has been great to see it survive but women who play in the WNBA have to cobble together jobs in Europe in between, we have to step up as a society and say this matters and that men and women should be on as equal a footing as we can be.
It will be difficult to cobble together a majority. The regime is likely to find it a nuisance. Individual deputies will have an incentive to make a lot of noise or to secure benefits for those who elected them, the result is likely to seem obstructionist and venal. It will be both, but that's the way it has been designed.
They’re not false entries. But assuming they were, they’re misdemeanors way beyond the statute of limitations, so they had to cobble them together to try and get a felony.
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