VERB | contact | nibble | bite off very small pieces |
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contact | nibble | bite gently | |
consumption | nibble, pick, piece | eat intermittently | |
NOUN | quantity | nibble, nybble | a small byte |
act | nibble | gentle biting |
Sounds | nih'bahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A small byte. | |
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Synonym | nybble | |
Part of | byte | A sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information |
Broader | computer memory unit | A unit for measuring computer memory |
Spanish | nibble, nybble | |
Catalan | nibble, nybble | |
Verbs | nibble | eat intermittently |
nibble | bite off very small pieces |
Meaning | Gentle biting. | |
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Broader | bite, chomp | The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws |
Spanish | bocadito | |
Verbs | nibble | bite gently |
Meaning | bite off very small pieces. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "She nibbled on her cracker" | |
Broader | bite, seize with teeth | To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws / jaws |
Spanish | mordisquear | |
Catalan | queixalar | |
Nouns | nibble | a small byte |
nibbler | a biter who takes dainty repeated bites |
Meaning | bite gently. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear" | |
Broader | bite, seize with teeth | To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws / jaws |
Spanish | dentellear, mordiscar | |
Nouns | nibble | gentle biting |
Meaning | Eat intermittently; take small bites of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They nibble more bread | |
Example | "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" | |
Synonyms | pick, piece | |
Broader | eat | take in solid food |
Spanish | mordisquear, picar, picotear | |
Catalan | picar, rosegar | |
Nouns | nibble | a small byte |
nibbler | a biter who takes dainty repeated bites |
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