Nibble

Quick meaning: Nibble is a verb meaning To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).

Meaning

To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).

More Meanings

1. To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
2. To make (a hole in something) through small bites.
3. To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.
4. Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.
5. Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.
6. To fidget or play with (something), especially with the fingers or hands.
7. To catch (someone); to nab.

Example Sentences

The rabbit nibbled the lettuce.

I then nibbled all the red wax of our last ball-tickets, […]

Where every stream in its pent-house / Goes gurgling on its way, / And in his gallery the mouse / Nibbleth the meadow hay; […]

A silent space with ever sprouting green. / All the tenderest birds there find a pleasant screen, / Creep through the shade with jaunty fluttering, / Nibble the little cupped flowers and sing.

Word Forms

• nibbles
• nibbling
• nibbled
• nibblest
• nibbledst
• nibbleth

Synonyms for nibble

Depending on context, synonyms include nab, knabble, piddle, tramline, niggle, piece.

Antonyms for nibble

Common opposites include gorge, satiate, glut, stuff, engorge, englut.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include munch, pick, piece, nybble, gnaw, bite.

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