nibbler

[ nib-ler ]

/ ˈnɪb lər /

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noun

a person or thing that nibbles.

any of several fishes of the family Girellidae, inhabiting shallow coastal waters on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, having thin, incisorlike teeth.

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Origin of nibbler

First recorded in 1590–1600; nibble + -er¹

Words nearby nibbler

Niamey, Niarchos, nib, nibbana, nibble, nibbler, Nibelung, Nibelungenlied, niblick, nibling, nibs

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How to use nibbler in a sentence

He has needed elbow surgery, lacked confidence in his stuff at times and been a nibbler.
Should the Nationals be worried about their Big Three starters? Stay tuned.|Thomas M. Boswell|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
He is never bigger than Nibbler the House Mouse and often is much smaller.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children|Thornton W. Burgess
The biscuit-nibbler selected a fresh dainty from the counter, and Wingate abstractedly walked to the window and rubbed the glass.
A First Family of Tasajara|Bret Harte
This redoubtable nibbler, which is often a foot in length, never betrays itself; it only works within.
The Bird|Jules Michelet

And when the Mice came in haste at dawn, Bread-nibbler stood up first, enraged at his son's death, and thus he spoke.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica|Homer and Hesiod
But the Venetian shopkeepers are not clever: they have not the sense to leave the nibbler alone.
A Wanderer in Venice|E.V. Lucas

British Dictionary definitions for nibbler

nibbler

/ (ˈnɪblə) /

noun

a person, animal, or thing that nibbles

engineering a tool that cuts sheet material by a series of small rapidly reciprocating cuts

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