Definition of Nibbler

1. Noun. A biter who takes dainty repeated bites.

Generic synonyms: Biter
Derivative terms: Nibble, Nibble

Definition of Nibbler

1. n. One who, or that which, nibbles.

Definition of Nibbler

1. Noun. someone who nibbles ¹

2. Noun. a tool for cutting sheet metal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nibbler

1. one that nibbles [n -S] - See also: nibbles

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nibbler

niacinamide
niacinamides
niacinate
niacins
niagara period
niahite
nialamide
nialamides
niaprazine
niasome
nib
nibbed
nibbing
nibble
nibbled
nibbler (current term)
nibblers
nibbles
nibbling
nibblingly
nibblings
nibbly
niblet
niblets
niblick
niblicks
niblike
nibling
niblings
nibral

Literary usage of Nibbler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
""Have any of you seen nibbler?" asked Old Mother Nature. "I have," replied Danny Meadow Mouse. "Once I was carried to Farmer Brown's barn in a shock of corn ..."

2. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum (1921)
"Bread nibbler again came into the fray. He rushed furiously upon Puff Jaw ... Bread nibbler came upon Puff Jaw, and the two great kings faced each other. ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1891)
"The biscuit-nibbler selected a fresh dainty from the counter, and Wingate abstractedly walked to the •window and rubbed the glass ..."

4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"—VAUX (1819) ; GOOSE (1823). 2. Sec NIBBLE. NIBBLE, verb. (old).—i. To catch ; to steal. Also to cheat. Whence nibbler (or ..."

5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Gk. грант]!, a nibbler, also a fish with sharp teeth. ... nibbler.' Cf. Troglodyte. Trover, an action at law arising out of the finding of goods. ..."

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