Meanings
nounnibbling (countable and uncountable, plural nibblings)
plural nibblings
- countableuncountableThe act or sound of one who nibbles.
Minute nibblings and rustlings broke the silence.
1941, Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts - countableuncountableA small adjustment or encroachment.
I send you back the two last sheets, because you bid me. I reserve my nibblings and minutiae for another day.
1821, The British Prose Writers: Gray's letters, page 261 more example
Meantime the penetration of Shantung by means of railway discrimination, railway military guards, continual nibblings here and there, will be going on.
1921, John Dewey, China, Japan, and the USA
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of nibble
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nibbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nibbling
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“nibbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nibbling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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