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nibblings

nibblings is the plural of nibbling.

Meaning of nibbling

Noun

nibbling (countable and uncountable, plural nibblings)

  1. The act or sound of one who nibbles.
    • Minute nibblings and rustlings broke the silence.1941, Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts
  2. A 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 26

Questions about nibblings

What is nibblings the plural of?
Nibblings is the plural of nibbling.

Words near nibblings in the dictionary

  1. nibbleth
  2. nibblies
  3. nibblin'
  4. nibbling
  5. nibblingly
  6. nibblings
  7. nibbly
  8. nibby
  9. nibe croaker
  10. nibe croakers
  11. Nibelung

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