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kibbles

kibbles is the plural of kibble.

kibbles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kibble.

Meaning of kibble

Noun (1)

kibble (countable and uncountable, plural kibbles)

  1. Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
    • The pope had already signaled his kids-over-kibbles stance in a 2014 interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero. When asked whether some in society valued pets more than children, he said that it was a reality that reflected a “sign of cultural degeneration.”2022 January 6, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Pope Scolds Couples Who Choose Pets Over Kids”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.
  3. (figuratively) Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.

Noun (2)

kibble (plural kibbles)

  1. An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.

Noun (3)

kibble (plural kibbles)

  1. (historical) A mallet used in the game of trap ball.

Noun (4)

kibble (uncountable)

  1. (slang) In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other.

See all 8 meanings of kibble

Proper noun capitalized: Kibbles

Kibbles

  1. (plural) plural of Kibble

Questions about kibbles

What is kibbles the plural of?
Kibbles is the plural of kibble.
What part of speech is kibbles?
Kibbles is a proper noun.

Words near kibbles in the dictionary

  1. kibbitzing
  2. kibble
  3. kibbled
  4. kibbler
  5. kibblers
  6. kibbles
  7. Kibblesmith
  8. Kibblesmiths
  9. kibbley
  10. kibblier
  11. kibbliest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kibbles (page history and authors); Kibbles (page history and authors); kibble (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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