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tibble

tibble noun: a type of data frame with more user-friendly features.

Noun

tibble (plural tibbles)

  1. (colloquial, data science, R programming) A type of data frame with more user-friendly features.

Proper noun capitalized: Tibble

Tibble

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms of tibble

pluraltibbles

Origin of tibble

Playful alteration of table, from a pronunciation of "tbl" as an acronym.

From a Middle English form of the given name Theobald.

Questions about tibble

What does tibble mean?
Tibble means a type of data frame with more user-friendly features.
What part of speech is tibble?
Tibble can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tibble?
The plural of tibble is tibbles.

Words near tibble in the dictionary

  1. Tibbie
  2. tibbies
  3. Tibbins
  4. Tibbits
  5. Tibbitts
  6. tibble
  7. Tibbles
  8. Tibboo
  9. Tibbott
  10. Tibbotts
  11. Tibbs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tibble (page history and authors); Tibble (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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