dibbling

• present participle

  present participle

  A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.

  of dibble.
  dibble

  noun

  Also dibber a small, handheld, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc.

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dibbling

Antetokounmpo was pulled by first-year coach Adrian Griffin after a dibbling violation.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Having earlier dismissed his use as moderate dibbling and dabbling, he tells me: “I’ll be completely honest with you. The past couple of albums, I do get back to that.”

From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2016

The ground is turned up with the mattock, and the seed planted by dibbling between the stumps of trees.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

They would follow the dibbling machine, taking each grain of seed-wheat in succession, guided to the exact spot by the slight depression made by the dibble.

From Round About a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies

The expense of dibbling, dropping, and covering is reckoned in Norfolk at about six shillings per acre.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

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