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nibble
nib·ble N0093800 (nĭb′əl)v. nib·bled, nib·bling, nib·bles v.tr.1. To bite at gently and repeatedly.2. To eat with small, quick bites or in small morsels: nibble a cracker.3. To wear away or diminish bit by bit: "If you start compromising too early ... they nibble you to death" (People).v.intr. To take small or hesitant bites: fish nibbling at the bait.n.1. A very small quantity, especially of food; a morsel.2. The act or an instance of nibbling.
[Middle English nebyllen; akin to Low German nibbelen.]
nib′bler n.nibble (ˈnɪbəl) vb1. (esp of animals, such as mice) to take small repeated bites (of)2. to take dainty or tentative bites: to nibble at a cake. 3. to bite (at) gently or caressingly4. (intr) to make petty criticisms5. (intr) to consider tentatively or cautiously: to nibble at an idea. n6. a small mouthful7. an instance or the act of nibbling8. (Cookery) (plural) informal small items of food, esp savouries, usually served with drinks[C15: related to Low German nibbelen. Compare nib, neb]nib•ble (ˈnɪb əl)
v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i. 1. to bite off small bits: to nibble on a cracker. 2. to eat or chew in small bites. 3. to bite lightly or gently. v.t. 4. to bite off or take small bits of (something). 5. to eat by biting off small pieces. 6. to bite gently. 7. nibble (away) at, to cause to decrease or diminish bit by bit. n. 8. a small piece bitten off; morsel or bite. 9. an act or instance of nibbling. 10. a response by a fish to bait on a fishing line. 11. a tentative but positive response or reaction. [1425–75; late Middle English nebillen to peck away at, nibble, try, perhaps < Middle Low German nibbelen to pick with the beak] nib′bler,
n. nibble
Past participle: nibbled
Gerund: nibbling
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| I nibble | | you nibble | | he/she/it nibbles | | we nibble | | you nibble | | they nibble |
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| I nibbled | | you nibbled | | he/she/it nibbled | | we nibbled | | you nibbled | | they nibbled |
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| I am nibbling | | you are nibbling | | he/she/it is nibbling | | we are nibbling | | you are nibbling | | they are nibbling |
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| I have nibbled | | you have nibbled | | he/she/it has nibbled | | we have nibbled | | you have nibbled | | they have nibbled |
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| I was nibbling | | you were nibbling | | he/she/it was nibbling | | we were nibbling | | you were nibbling | | they were nibbling |
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| I had nibbled | | you had nibbled | | he/she/it had nibbled | | we had nibbled | | you had nibbled | | they had nibbled |
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| I will nibble | | you will nibble | | he/she/it will nibble | | we will nibble | | you will nibble | | they will nibble |
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| I will have nibbled | | you will have nibbled | | he/she/it will have nibbled | | we will have nibbled | | you will have nibbled | | they will have nibbled |
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| I will be nibbling | | you will be nibbling | | he/she/it will be nibbling | | we will be nibbling | | you will be nibbling | | they will be nibbling |
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| I have been nibbling | | you have been nibbling | | he/she/it has been nibbling | | we have been nibbling | | you have been nibbling | | they have been nibbling |
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| I will have been nibbling | | you will have been nibbling | | he/she/it will have been nibbling | | we will have been nibbling | | you will have been nibbling | | they will have been nibbling |
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| I had been nibbling | | you had been nibbling | | he/she/it had been nibbling | | we had been nibbling | | you had been nibbling | | they had been nibbling |
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| I would nibble | | you would nibble | | he/she/it would nibble | | we would nibble | | you would nibble | | they would nibble |
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| I would have nibbled | | you would have nibbled | | he/she/it would have nibbled | | we would have nibbled | | you would have nibbled | | they would have nibbled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  nibble - a small byte nybblecomputer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memorybyte - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information | | 2. | nibble - gentle bitingchomp, bite - the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws | | Verb | 1. | nibble - bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"bite, seize with teeth - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" | | 2. | nibble - bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"bite, seize with teeth - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" | | 3. | nibble - eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"piece, pickeat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
nibbleverb1. bite, eat, peck, pick at, nip, munch, gnaw He started to nibble his biscuit.noun1. snack, bite, taste, peck, crumb, morsel, titbit, soupçon (French) We each took a nibble of cheese.Translationsnibble (ˈnibl) verb to take very small bites (of). She was nibbling (at) a biscuit. 啃 一点一点地咬，啃 noun a small bite. Have a nibble of this cake. 啃一口 咬一口nibble
nibble (away) at (something)1. Literally, to eat something at a slow pace and in small bites. I wonder if Mary isn't feeling well—she only nibbled at her dinner. He sat on the bench, happily nibbling away at his cookie.2. To erode something in small increments over time. Corrosion has been nibbling away at the hull of my boat for the past few years.3. To bite something very softly so as not to break the surface. He started nibbling at my elbows, thinking it would turn me on.See also: nibblenibble (away) on (something)1. Literally, to eat something at a slow pace and in small bites. I wonder if Mary isn't feeling well—she only nibbled on her dinner. He sat on the bench, happily nibbling away on his cookie.2. To bite something very softly so as not to break the surface. He started nibbling on my elbows, thinking it would turn me on.See also: nibble, onnibbleA four-bit aggregation of digital information, playfully named because it is half the de facto size of a byte. Sometimes spelled as "nybble" to reflect the speling of "byte." The compression system packs an item of information into one nibble of a byte while the other nibble is set as a destination flag. I've written a script that cycles through and replaces corrupted nybbles.nibble at somethingto take tiny bites of some kind of food. The children nibbled at their dinner because they had eaten too much candy. Stop nibbling at that candy.See also: nibblenibble away at somethingto eat at something in tiny bits; to erode away tiny bits of something. The waves nibbled away at the base of the cliff, year after year. The mice nibbled away at the huge wheel of cheese.See also: away, nibblenibble atv.1. To eat something by taking small bites: The mice have been nibbling at the curtains.2. To eat a small amount of something, especially unenthusiastically: She only nibbled at her peas.3. To bite something but not break the surface; nip at something: My date nibbled at my ear during the movie.See also: nibblenibble onv.1. To eat something by taking small, quick bites, often as a snack or a light meal: Dinner wasn't for another two hours, so I nibbled on some potato chips. The rabbit nibbled on a carrot.2. To bite something but not break the surface: Nervously, I nibbled on my pencil's eraser during the test.See also: nibble, onnibble1. n. a cautious or preliminary response to something. (see also nybble.) My advertisement got three nibbles this morning. 2. in. to reply cautiously or tentatively to something. I hope someone who wants to buy my car nibbles at the description I posted on the Internet. nibble
nibble[′nib·əl] (computer science) A unit of computger storage or information equal to one-half a byte. nibble (data)/nib'l/ (US "nybble", by analogy with "bite" -> "byte")Half a byte. Since a byte is nearly always eight bits, anibble is nearly always four bits (and can therefore berepresented by one hex digit).
Other size nibbles have existed, for example the BBC Microcomputer disk file system used eleven bit sector numberswhich were described as one byte (eight bits) and a nibble(three bits).
Compare crumb, tayste, dynner; see also bit, nickle,deckle.
The spelling "nybble" is uncommon in Commonwealth Hackish asBritish orthography suggests the pronunciation /ni:'bl/.nibbleHalf a byte (four bits).nibble
Synonyms for nibbleverb biteSynonyms- bite
- eat
- peck
- pick at
- nip
- munch
- gnaw
noun snackSynonyms- snack
- bite
- taste
- peck
- crumb
- morsel
- titbit
- soupçon
Synonyms for nibblenoun a small byteSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun gentle bitingRelated Wordsverb bite off very small piecesRelated Wordsverb bite gentlyRelated Wordsverb eat intermittentlySynonymsRelated Words |