| Nibbed | a. Having a nib or point. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Nibble | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nibbled p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbling ] [ Cf. Nip. ] To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits. [ 1913 Webster ] Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Nibble | v. t. To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait. [ 1913 Webster ] Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a-nibbling at one single passage. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| nibble | n. 1. A small or cautious bite. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence: (Fig.) An expression of interest, often tentative, as at the beginning of a sale or negotiation process. [ PJC ] |
| Nibbler | n. One who, or that which, nibbles. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Nibblingly | adv. In a nibbling manner; cautiously. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| ガラルファ;ガラ・ルファ | [gararufa ; gara . rufa] (n) doctor fish (Garra rufa); nibble fish; kangal fish; reddish log sucker [Add to Longdo] |
| ドクターフィッシュ | [dokuta-fisshu] (n) doctorfish (Garra rufa); nibble fish; kangal fish; doctorfishen; reddish log sucker [Add to Longdo] |
| 食い付く;食いつく;食らい付く;食付く | [くいつく(食い付く;食いつく;食付く);くらいつく(食らい付く), kuitsuku ( kui tsuku ; kui tsuku ; shoku tsuku ); kuraitsuku ( kura i tsuku )] (v5k, vi) (1) to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; (2) to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into [Add to Longdo] |
| 食い齧る | [くいかじる, kuikajiru] (v5r, vt) (1) to nibble at; (2) to have a smattering of knowledge [Add to Longdo] |
| 齧る;噛る;囓る | [かじる, kajiru] (v5r, vt) (1) to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of; (2) to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument) [Add to Longdo] |
