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81nibble — /nib euhl/, v., nibbled, nibbling, n. v.i. 1. to bite off small bits. 2. to eat or chew in small bites: Give him a graham cracker to nibble on. 3. to bite, eat, or chew gently and in small amounts (usually fol. by at): She was so upset she could… …
82nibble — nib|ble1 [ˈnıbəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Low German nibbeln to chew bits off ] 1.) [I and T] to eat small amounts of food by taking very small bites ▪ He nibbled the biscuit cautiously. nibble at ▪ There s a fish nibbling at my… …
83nibble — nib|ble1 [ nıbl ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to bite the surface of something gently several times: The parrot was nibbling her ear. a ) to eat something by taking a lot of small bites: Sheep were nibbling the grass. nibble at/on: Mel… …
84nibble — nib•ble [[t]ˈnɪb əl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to bite off small bits: to nibble on a cracker[/ex] 2) to eat or chew in small bites 3) to bite lightly or gently 4) to bite off or take small bits of (something) 5) to eat by biting off small pieces …
85Nibelung — /ˈnibəlʊŋ/ (say neebuhloong) noun (plural Nibelungs or Nibelungen /ˈnibəlʊŋən/ (say neebuhloonguhn)) German Legend 1. one of a race of Northern dwarfs who possessed the treasure later captured by Siegfried. They were named after their king,… …
86nibbana — /nib bah neuh/, n. Pali. nirvana (def. 1). * * * …
87nibbler — /nib leuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that nibbles. 2. any of several fishes of the family Girellidae, inhabiting shallow coastal waters on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, having thin, incisorlike teeth. [1590 1600; NIBBLE + ER1] * * * …
88niblick — /nib lik/, n. Golf. a club with an iron head, the face of which has the greatest slope of all the irons, for hitting the ball with maximum loft. Also called number nine iron. [1855 60; perh. NIBBLE + ick, var. of OCK] * * * …
89Nibble — Nib|ble [nibl̩] das; [s], [s] <aus gleichbed. engl. nibble, eigtl. »Bissen, Happen«> die Hälfte eines ↑Bytes, d. h. eine Gruppe von vier 1↑Bits (EDV) …
90National Intelligence Bureau — (NIB) An agency that oversaw the wide ranging intelligence activities of the State Peace and Development Council, established during the Burma Socialist Programme Party era (1962 1988). Until it was abolished in October 2004, it coordinated …
