nibbling in English

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
verb

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1. Bibbling vs nibbling - what is the difference

2. 25 There's a fish nibbling at my bait.

3. 22 The fish were nibbling at the bait.

4. Wally took her in his arms and began nibbling her ear.

5. A herd of goats was nibbling the turf around the base of the tower.

6. She tried nibbling at the bulbous wad of meat and then at the toasted roll.

7. Laser cutting, punching, nibbling, embossing, forming, bending, welding, surface treatment, we supply everything from one hand.

8. More importantly, once we start nibbling naughty things our willpower slides down a very slippery slope.

9. Now, with dynamite, the excavators were nibbling back each outcrop farther and farther away from the center.

10. 5 She had a martini and small carafe in front of her, and was nibbling salted peanuts.

11. Bushbuck cause damage in pine forestry areas by nibbling the tops of the young trees, resulting in excessive branching.

12. I remember when the sheep were quite happy nibbling grass and left me alone to munch my sandwiches.

13. Right angle polishers, straight grinders, curve shears, metal cutting snips (electric), nibbling devices, namely mechanical tools for metal cutting

14. 12 Even these had moments of electric sexiness: Fast Eddie in “The Hustler” stroking a baize table, Hud nibbling on a flower.

15. "So you keep nibbling away at your past like this, whether you deaccession something from a museum or you let people tear down a good building, " he said.

16. It is fed by its lactating mother for 6-8 months, begins nibbling on grass blades at 4 weeks, and remains with the mother until her next calf is born a year later.