NIBBLED

Definition: NIBBLED

NIBBLED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Nibble

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "NIBBLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonyms by domain: nibble (computing, electrical engineering), nibbling (metallurgy).

Crosswords: NIBBLED

English words defined with "NIBBLED": daintily ♦ nibble. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	I would devour where others merely nibbled. ("Smut"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Tongue Twisters	Nine nimble noblemen nibbled nuts. (references; author: unknown)
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Author	Quotation
Edmund Burke	The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The last have nibbled for me a quarter of an acre clean.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You Find Food Boxes, Containers, or Food Itself That Appears To Be Nibbled. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"NIBBLED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 73.33% of the time. "NIBBLED" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	73.33%	55	45,713
Lexical Verb (past participle)	22.67%	17	85,106
Adjective (general or positive)	4%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	75	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "NIBBLED": fish-nibbled, rabbit-nibbled.
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Language		Translations for "NIBBLED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		啃 (nibble, Nibbling). (various references)

German		knabberte, geknabbert. (various references)

Korean		입질하�". (various references)

Manx		shiulgit. (various references)

Pig Latin		ibblednay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"NIBBLED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nabbled, nibbe, nibbed, nibbil, nibblet, nibel, nible, niblet, nimbled. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "NIBBLED" (pronounced ni"buld)
5	-i" b u l d	dibbled, dribbled, scribbled.
4	-b u l d	ambled, assembled, babbled, bubbled, cabled, cobbled, corbelled, crumbled, dabbled, disabled, disassembled, doubled, enabled, enfeebled, fabled, fumbled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grumbled, hobbled, humbled, jumbled, labeled, labelled, libeled, marbled, mislabeled, mumbled, rambled, reassembled, redoubled, resembled, rumbled, scrambled, squabbled, stumbled, tabled, trebled, trembled, troubled, tumbled, unlabeled, untroubled, wobbled.
3	-u l d	addled, angled, annulled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, buckled, bundled, bungled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, coddled, commingled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dimpled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enameled, encircled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, funneled, giggled, grappled, grizzled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, huddled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, jostled, juggled, kindled, knuckled, ladled, leveled, levelled, mangled, manhandled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rankled, rattled, raveled, recycled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, subtitled, swindled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trickled, tripled, trundled, tussled, unbridled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-b-d-e-i-l-n"
	-1 letter: bindle, dibble, nibbed, nibble.
	-2 letters: bible, bield, blend, blind, lined.
	-3 letters: bend, bide, bile, bind, bine, bleb, bled, blin, deil, deli, deni, diel, dine, idle, lend, lied, lien, line, nide.
	-4 letters: bed, bel, ben, bib, bid, bin, deb, del, den, dib, die, din, ebb, eld, end, led, lei, lib, lid, lie, lin, neb, nib, nil.
	-5 letters: be, bi, de, ed, el, en, id, in, li, ne.
	Words containing the letters "b-b-d-e-i-l-n"
	+1 letter: bindable.
	+3 letters: beblooding, bedabbling.
	+4 letters: bobsledding, indubitable, obnubilated, unbuildable.
	+5 letters: bobsleddings, nightclubbed, unbridgeable.
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