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nibblenoun a small piece or quantity of foodI don't want a whole dessert, so can I just have a nibble of yours? bite, morsel, mouthful, nugget, taste, tidbit(also titbit) collop, medallion, noisettenosh, snackappetizer, canapé, hors d'oeuvrebit, chew, crumb, dab, dribble, driblet, fleck, hint, mote, nubbin, particle, pinch, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snip, snippet, speck, spot, sprinkling, suspicion, tittle, touch, tracedash, droplap, lickgulp, swallow, swig nibbleverbto eat reluctantly and in small biteshaving no real appetite at all, I just nibbled during the party peck, pick graze, nosh, snacktaste gorge, gormandize, overeat, pig out, swill to crush or grind with the teethnibbling crackers bite (on), champ, chaw, chew, chomp (on), crunch (on), gnaw (on), masticate ruminatemunch, nosh, snackconsume, eat, ingest, swallowbolt, devour, gobble (up or down), gorge, gulp, scarf, scoff, snack, wolfnip, peck (at), pick (at)gum, mumble sink one's teeth into to consume or wear away graduallydiscovered that inflation had steadily nibbled their savings bite (at), corrode, eat, erode, fret, gnaw break down, break up, decompose, disintegrate, dissolvedecimate, destroy, devastate, ruin, waste, wreck freshen, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, revive in the 15th century |