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nibble (iou)



nibble verb2 & noun2. In sense B.3 also nybble. LME.
[Prob. from Low Dutch: cf. Low German nibbeln gnaw.]
A. verb.
a. verb trans. Take small bites of, bite away gradually, bite at tentatively, delicately, or playfully. LME.
T. Hardy The bases of the trees were nibbled bare by rabbits. P. Reading Encircling her..waist with a fond arm, the husband..nibbles her throat.
b. verb intrans. Take small repeated bites, bite something away gradually, bite at something tentatively, delicately, or playfully. Also, eat frequently in small amounts, esp. snacks etc. L16.
nibble at show tentative interest in. nibble off remove with small bites.
Living Helen should keep..fruit, carrot and celery sticks on hand for when she's tempted to nibble.
c. verb trans. Shape into, produce, by nibbling. E19.
d. verb intrans. Cricket. Play indecisively at a ball bowled outside the off stump. E20.
verb intrans. Carp (at), make petty objections or criticisms. L16.
verb intrans. & trans. Fidget (with). Long obsolete exc. dial. L16.
verb intrans. Catch, nab; pilfer. arch. slang. E17.
Comb.: nibble-nip verb intrans. & trans. (arch.) nibble and nip (at).
b. noun.
The action or an act of nibbling; a small, delicate, tentative, or playful bite. L15.
W. Irving [To] fish all day..though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. fig.: New Yorker I got two job nibbles, each interesting in its own way.
A (very) small amount of Food, a quantity of Food sufficient for a nibble; colloq. (usu. in pl.) a small snack, esp. one eaten between meals. M19.
Independent The nibbles: crackers and spicy marinated olives.
Computing. A unit of memory equal to half a byte; four bits. L20.
nibbler noun (a) a person who or thing which nibbles; (b) Engineering a type of metal-cutting tool in which a rapidly reciprocating punch knocks out a line of overlapping small holes from sheet or plate; (c) US any of various fishes esp. of the Pacific family Kyphosidae: L16.
nibbling noun the action of the verb; an instance of this; a portion nibbled: L16.
nibblingly adverb in a nibbling manner M19.

enheahedron (medicine)


enheahedron
<geometry> A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.

Source: Websters Dictionary