1 ~ (at sth) to take small bites of sth, especially food:
[VN] We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives. * He nibbled her ear playfully. * [V] She took some cake from the tray and nibbled at it.
2 [V] ~ (at sth) to show a slight interest in an offer, idea, etc:
He nibbled at the idea, but would not make a definite decision.
PHRASALVERBS
nibble away at sth to take away small amounts of sth, so that the total amount is gradually reduced:
Inflation is nibbling away at spending power.
Part of speech: noun
1 [C] a small bite of sth:
I took a nibble from the biscuit.
2 (nibbles) [pl.] small things to eat with a drink before a meal or at a party:
wine and nibbles
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for nibble is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is nibble a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, nibble is tagged as verb.
Does nibble appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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