pebble

plural pebbles

1. countableuncountableA small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

   Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach Fillip the stars;

   c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]

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   And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.

   1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4

2. countableuncountablegeographyA particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. countableuncountableball gamesA small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
4. countableuncountableTransparent and colourless rock crystal.

   Brazilian pebble

5. countableuncountableA form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.

   Synonyms: cube powder, prismatic powder

6. countableslanguncountableA small piece of crack cocaine.

   You ain't got your Glock for the summer / And you ain't gonna pop for your gunner / You ain't in the whip with them pebbles (Nah) / You ain't on the strip with the rebels (Nah)

   2019 February 22, Giggs, “You Ain't…” (track 13), in Big Bad…, performed by Giggs

   Synonyms: peb

present singular third person pebbles · participle present pebbling · participle past pebbled · past pebbled

1. transitiveTo pave with pebbles.
2. transitiveball gamesTo deposit water droplets on the ice.

   to pebble the ice between games

3. transitiveTo give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
4. transitivegraph theoryTo place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.