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Definition of 'nibble'English
Etymology 1
Perhaps from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth.
(in the plural|nibbles) Small snacks such as crisps/potato chips or nuts, often eaten to accompany drinks.
Derived terms
* nibbly
Verb
( nibbl)
To eat with small, quick bites.
- The rabbit nibbled the lettuce.
* 2 November 2014 , Alex James in (The Guardian), The day I came face-to-face with a tiger
*:Giant parrots nibbled seed from the children's fingertips and my sister peeled a couple of satsumas for the lemurs.
* 1911 , (Rudyard Kipling), Big Steamers
*:"For the bread that you eat and the biscuits you nibble ,
*:The sweets that you suck and the joints that you carve,
*:They are brought to you daily by all us Big Steamers--
*:And if anyone hinders our coming you'll starve!"
To bite lightly.
- He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver.
To consume gradually.
* 11 May 2011 , Ann Carrns in The (New York Times), Prepaid Cards Subject Jobless to Host of Fees
*:A report out this week from the National Consumer Law Center lays out a host of ways in which banks nibble away at jobless benefits with fees the center called “junk.”
Etymology 2
From nibble', punning on the homophony of '''byte''' and ' bite
Alternative forms
* nybble
Noun
( en-noun)
(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits.[http://foldoc.org/nibble]
* 1993 , Richard E. Haskell, Introduction to computer engineering (page 287)
- That is, the lower nibble (the 4 bits 1010 = A) has been masked to zero.
References
Similar to 'nibble'nipple, nubile, noble, nobble, nybble, nebulae, novelle, nebule, nobleye, nifle, nubble
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