Synonyms for nibble
Definitions
- v. 1
Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.
- v. 2
To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
The rabbit nibbled the lettuce.
- v. 3
To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
Related words
- Word family
- nibbler nibbly
- Phrases
- nibble fish
- Other spellings
- nybble
Forms
- Past participle
- nibbled
e.g. nibbled → piddled, nabbed, knabbled, picked…
Example sentences
- nab Slow down. Cops like to nab people up there.
- bite Snakes don't usually bite if they're not provoked.
- peck Don't touch the birds, they might fly away or peck.
- niggle Mary would always niggle Tom over his lack of punctuation in text messages.
By length
- 3 letters
- nip1, nab1
- 4 letters
- pick1, bite1, peck1, gnaw1
- 5 letters
- piece1
- 6 letters
- niggle, piddle2
- 7 letters
- knabble
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (piddle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- grignoter
- Italiano
- sgranocchiare