nibble in English

noun
1
an instance of nibbling something.
You have to rely on senses and a vague idea about what a fish eating a worm feels like through the line, and what it looks like as the nibble bends the tip of your rod.
2
an expression of cautious interest in a project or proposal.
now and then she gets a nibble, but no one will commit to an interview
verb
1
take small bites out of.
he sat nibbling a cookie
synonyms:take small bites frompick atgnaw atpeck atsnack ontoy withtastesamplegraze on
2
show cautious interest in a project or proposal.
there's a New York agent nibbling
noun
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Use "nibble" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "nibble" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "nibble", or refer to the context using the word "nibble" in the English Dictionary.

1. We each took a nibble.

2. I took a nibble from the biscuit.

3. He started to nibble his biscuit.

4. She took a nibble of her cookie.

5. He began to nibble her ear affectionately.

6. Each nibble was eaten with the air of an epicure.

7. Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.

8. Wally turned to me and began to nibble my car.

9. A byte, bit, nibble, or other small data type.

10. 9 I felt a nibble at the bait.

11. One of the kids tried a nibble of the bread.

12. I felt a nibble on the end of my line.

13. In Italy, Aperitifs usually arrive with a savory nibble sometimes called salatini

14. The horse lowered his head and began to nibble the grass.

15. Don't nibble, I don't want to quarrel with you now.

16. See also: among, Browse Browse on (something) To nibble or graze on

17. On the whole it's a good plan, at which we shouldn't nibble.

18. Just take/have a nibble to see if you like the taste.

19. Instead of snacking on crisps and chocolate, nibble on celery or carrot.

20. 26 Instead of snacking on crisps and chocolate, nibble on celery or carrot.

21. Browse definition, to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation)

22. Later, when the main course arrives , all you can do is nibble and pick at it.

23. These four-bit quantities were called " nibble s," in homage to the then-common 8-bit "bytes.

24. So... we will lie still... and let our enemies come to us and nibble.

25. Our house was on the market for six months and there wasn't a single nibble.

26. When I got hungry, I could nibble on chocolate root and sip dew from a buttercup.

27. The Scottish National Party is at last beginning to nibble away at Labour's huge majority.

28. We've had the house on the market for a month and not even had a nibble yet.

29. It's so weak, so dismissive, like the girl's body was a cupcake and you took a nibble.

30. He clipped his white tail and made Rabscuttle nibble his fur short and stain it with mud and blackberries. Sentencedict.com

31. If your appetite is gone, simply sip water and nibble on saltines for Awhileuntil you feel like eating again

32. Creamy, blue-veined Dolcelatte is the perfect way to round off your meals and delicious to nibble in between.

33. 8 Plain-language advocates and practitioners will nibble at the iron curtain of the tenacious legalese and other forms of gobbledygook .

34. The danger is that a Christian might be tempted to nibble, perhaps secretly, on the same junk food—the movies, videos, or books.

35. Blotto will do the same to the enemy - using an AoE ability against the entire team, then nibble you until it is cooled

36. They will nibble at sliced cucumber and show considerable interest in shelled peas and carrots, boiled potato and small chunks of fresh and tinned fruit.

37. Most burrowing crickets are vegetarians and feed on roots , but may sometimes crawl above ground at night to nibble on bits of leaves and on tender buds .

38. One, recounted by W.H. Coleman, who claimed to be a witness, is that he prodded her behind the ear with a hook after she reached down to nibble on a watermelon rind.

39. Chinchillas are very loving when they do bond with someone and they have so much energy and love to play and chew on their toys or even nibble on fingers.

40. After two or three weeks, the calf instinctively begins to nibble on the tender tips of acacia branches and soon gains enough strength to keep up with its mother’s long strides.

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43. While coral makers continue their prodigious task of building in the sea, other organisms such as parrot fish and angelfish bore into the structure or nibble at it, to weaken and crumble it.

44. A media access control entity sources PLS primitives to manage the flow of frames eight bits a nibble to and from the four pairs of category 5 wiring through the physical layer device.

45. This arrangement has been adjusted and perfected, so that a day’s routine can be described as follows: Rising time is 4 a.m. with, first, an active bath in the river—active, because if you stop moving, the fish, including piranhas (though these are not as voracious as piranhas found in more remote regions), begin to nibble on you.