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nibbles

Syllables: nib·blesUK/ˈnɪbl̩z/US/ˈnɪb(ə)ls/

nibbles noun: small forms of finger food or snacks such as nuts or potato chips (crisps), often eaten as an accompaniment to drinks. Also the plural of nibble.

Noun

nibbles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small forms of finger food or snacks such as nuts or potato chips (crisps), often eaten as an accompaniment to drinks.
    • You can't go yet. You must taste my prune nibbles.1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders

Also used as

nibbles is also the plural of nibble.

nibbles is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of nibble.

Origin of nibbles

From nibble + -s.

Questions about nibbles

What does nibbles mean?
Nibbles means small forms of finger food or snacks such as nuts or potato chips (crisps), often eaten as an accompaniment to drinks.
What part of speech is nibbles?
Nibbles is a noun.
How do you pronounce nibbles?
Nibbles is pronounced /ˈnɪbl̩z/ (UK).

Words near nibbles in the dictionary

  1. nibble fish
  2. nibbleable
  3. nibbled
  4. nibbler
  5. nibblers
  6. nibbles
  7. nibblesome
  8. nibblest
  9. nibbleth
  10. nibblies
  11. nibblin'

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