nibblingn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪbl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈnɪblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɪb(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see nibble v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nibble v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < nibble v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of nibble v. (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: a portion nibbled or removed, a very small amount.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious

plitchinga1400

carpingc1400

cavillation1532

pinching1532

nibbling?1577

Zoilism1609

carp1618

snagging1642

find-faulting1654

word-catching1713

pickthanking1861

kvetchingc1950

nitpicking1951

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece

fingereOE

snedec1000

seed?a1200

morselc1300

bittlock?a1400

farthingc1405

spota1413

lipetc1430

offe?1440

drewc1450

remnantc1450

parcel1483

crap1520

flakec1525

patch1528

spark1548

a piece1559

sparklec1570

inch1573

nibbling?1577

scantling1585

scrat1593

mincing1598

scantle1598

halfpenny1600

quantity1600

nip1606

kantch1608

bit1609

catch1613

scripa1617

snap1616

sippeta1625

crumblet1634

scute1635

scantleta1642

snattock1654

cantlet1700

tab1729

pallion1738

smallness1818

knobble1823

wisp1836

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > nibbling or gnawing

gnawing1340

nibblea1525

nibbling1707

morsitation1819

?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 210 What faynte ye my children fye thats a cowardes tricke Let me haue round game Ile none of thes niblinges.

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. A4 ^v I tooke another nybling like a Minew about Bezaes Icones.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Rosion A gnawing, a griping, a biting, a nibbling.

1672 H. More Brief Reply 46 There are some little nibblings and quibblings at my Transition which concludes this first Chapter.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 327 All this is but nibling of Fleas.

1738 Briton Described 49 All the Nibblings in the World shall never be able to devour the Immortality of a Name.

1813 R. Wilson Private Diary (1862) I. 271 The promise of the Turkish nibblings being restored to Moldavia.

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. vi. 98 Altogether the gradual act of nibbling had conduced to his eating remarkably well.

1909 E. Lawless Point of View 27 What movement now the forest fills? Splashes and tremblings mid the water weeds, Small sudden nibblings; little darts and thrills Amongst the reeds.

1952 J. Fisher Fulmar xiv. 334 There seems..some indication that..this extension of the nibbling and billing of normal display, is particularly performed in June.

2000 New Scientist 16 Sept. 18/2 Nibbling triggers production of the enzyme linamarase.

2. technical. The removal of small portions from the edge of a piece of glass, sheet of metal, etc. Cf. nibbler n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with glass > [noun] > specific processes

annealing1662

snip-work1703

founding1783

glass-blowing1829

nibbling1850

lamp-working1925

1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1265 The process which is called shanking or nibbling is continued until the glasses are made circular.

1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) xv. 392 Nibbling is a variation of notching in which a special machine makes a series of overlapping notches, each further into the sheet of metal.

Compounds

General attributive (chiefly in sense 2).

ΚΠ

1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 112 An interesting feature of this shop is the ‘nibbling machine’, designed for cutting out the ‘throws’ in the cranks.

1936 Ecology 17 368 Tempered masonite cut with a jig saw is fairly satisfactory material, though sixteen gauge brass cut on a nibbling machine is more satisfactory.

1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects ii. 87 The rectangular openings were cut out with a nibbling tool.

1989 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. c3/4 The nibbling diet was found to lower levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

1998 Wildlife News (Berks., Bucks. & Oxon Naturalists' Trust) Jan. 15/2 The main grazers used on our reserves now are sheep, whose nibbling technique leaves short evenly cropped vegetation in their wake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nibblingadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪbl̩ɪŋ/,

/ˈnɪblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɪb(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see nibble v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nibble v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < nibble v. + -ing suffix².

1. That nibbles or takes small bites. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > nibbling or gnawing

gnawing1567

knabbling1567

nibbling1581

1581 T. Nuce tr. Octavia (new ed.) ii. i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 173 And mighty weying strugling fishes great..With net..draw forth, and streeke With craft of quill, the nibling fysshes cheeke.

1599 H. Petowe Philochasander & Elanira iv The Calfe with many a prettie nibling Lam: Vppon the downes doe feede their hunger full.

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. F3 The nibling Mouse is not a sleepe.

1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies iii. 18 The treach'rous Angler strikes his nibbling pray.

1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον ii. i. 34 I heard her tender nibling Lambes Imploring with their bleating oratory, Some aliment of their indulgent dames.

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 292 When nibbling Sheep at large pursue their Food.

1766 J. Beattie tr. J. Addison Battle Pygmies & Cranes in Poems Several Subj. 163 Careless of nibbling bills.

?1799 R. Southey Filbert in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 71 The mouse Gnawing with nibbling tooth the shell's defence.

1828 C. Lamb Old Margate Hoy in Elia 2nd Ser. 31 The nibbling pickpockets of your patience.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 164 Nor took [he] heed Of how the nibbling dace might feed Upon the loose ends of his bait.

a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) 659 A grassy field, the lambs, the nibbling sheep.

1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iii. 48 A last order of placoderms is the Antiarchi..grotesque little animals that had..small heads, tiny nibbling bony jaws, extensive armor over the front of the trunk, and [etc.].

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Aug. 17/1 The European finca whose proprietors bathe in the stream with nibbling fish.

†2. Carping, fault-finding. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously

captiousc1380

pick-fault1544

fastidious?1555

sharp-nosed1561

cavillous?1571

carpacious1574

cavillinga1576

find-fault1576

Zoilous1577

carpinga1586

exceptious1602

quarrellous1610

exceptive1623

Zoilitical1665

nibbling1691

pickthanking1830

Zoilean1846

snippy1848

nitpicking1948

nitpicky1962

1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World I. 17 Rare is thy Fortune, Rare shall be thy Fame, Thô nibbling Envy thee unjustly Blame.

1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant Pref. 5 I cou'd easily dispatch such nibbling Criticks.

1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 253 I say nothing about the nibling Criticks.

1771 D. Garrick in D. Celesia Almida Epil. Will none accept my challenge?—what disgrace, To all the nibling, scribling, sland'ring race, Who dare not meet a woman face to face!

1887 H. Morley in T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle Introd. 8 The nibbling censure of the men whose wit is tainted with ill-humour.

3. Of the nature of a nibble; (also) produced by nibbling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > crunching > produced by nibbling

nibbling1824

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xx. 71 A mouse, Whose little nibbling rustle will embarrass Most people.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xii. 313 They kissed with little nibbling kisses.

1984 Playboy June 88 They whispered to each other and stroked each other and gave each other little nibbling kisses.

Derivatives

ˈnibblingly adv. rare

ΚΠ

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Nibblingly, in a nibbling manner.

1889 Littell's Living Age 26 Jan. 194/1 The friendly sheep..Are no fastidious browsers, But nibblingly investigate The texture of our trowsers.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 214 Moup, to eat (anything) nibblingly.

2001 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 13 Dec. 23 Srettner's is more a man's notion of aroused feminism, with a hook that leaves you wondering (Paula, nibblingly lesbian, is that hook).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nibbling
释义	nibblingn. Brit. /ˈnɪbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈnɪblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɪb(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see nibble v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nibble v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < nibble v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of nibble v. (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: a portion nibbled or removed, a very small amount. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > captious plitchinga1400 carpingc1400 cavillation1532 pinching1532 nibbling?1577 Zoilism1609 carp1618 snagging1642 find-faulting1654 word-catching1713 pickthanking1861 kvetchingc1950 nitpicking1951 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece fingereOE snedec1000 seed?a1200 morselc1300 bittlock?a1400 farthingc1405 spota1413 lipetc1430 offe?1440 drewc1450 remnantc1450 parcel1483 crap1520 flakec1525 patch1528 spark1548 a piece1559 sparklec1570 inch1573 nibbling?1577 scantling1585 scrat1593 mincing1598 scantle1598 halfpenny1600 quantity1600 nip1606 kantch1608 bit1609 catch1613 scripa1617 snap1616 sippeta1625 crumblet1634 scute1635 scantleta1642 snattock1654 cantlet1700 tab1729 pallion1738 smallness1818 knobble1823 wisp1836 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > nibbling or gnawing gnawing1340 nibblea1525 nibbling1707 morsitation1819 ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 210 What faynte ye my children fye thats a cowardes tricke Let me haue round game Ile none of thes niblinges. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. A4 ^v I tooke another nybling like a Minew about Bezaes Icones. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Rosion A gnawing, a griping, a biting, a nibbling. 1672 H. More Brief Reply 46 There are some little nibblings and quibblings at my Transition which concludes this first Chapter. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 327 All this is but nibling of Fleas. 1738 Briton Described 49 All the Nibblings in the World shall never be able to devour the Immortality of a Name. 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary (1862) I. 271 The promise of the Turkish nibblings being restored to Moldavia. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. vi. 98 Altogether the gradual act of nibbling had conduced to his eating remarkably well. 1909 E. Lawless Point of View 27 What movement now the forest fills? Splashes and tremblings mid the water weeds, Small sudden nibblings; little darts and thrills Amongst the reeds. 1952 J. Fisher Fulmar xiv. 334 There seems..some indication that..this extension of the nibbling and billing of normal display, is particularly performed in June. 2000 New Scientist 16 Sept. 18/2 Nibbling triggers production of the enzyme linamarase. 2. technical. The removal of small portions from the edge of a piece of glass, sheet of metal, etc. Cf. nibbler n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with glass > [noun] > specific processes annealing1662 snip-work1703 founding1783 glass-blowing1829 nibbling1850 lamp-working1925 1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1265 The process which is called shanking or nibbling is continued until the glasses are made circular. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) xv. 392 Nibbling is a variation of notching in which a special machine makes a series of overlapping notches, each further into the sheet of metal. Compounds General attributive (chiefly in sense 2). ΚΠ 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 112 An interesting feature of this shop is the ‘nibbling machine’, designed for cutting out the ‘throws’ in the cranks. 1936 Ecology 17 368 Tempered masonite cut with a jig saw is fairly satisfactory material, though sixteen gauge brass cut on a nibbling machine is more satisfactory. 1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects ii. 87 The rectangular openings were cut out with a nibbling tool. 1989 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. c3/4 The nibbling diet was found to lower levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. 1998 Wildlife News (Berks., Bucks. & Oxon Naturalists' Trust) Jan. 15/2 The main grazers used on our reserves now are sheep, whose nibbling technique leaves short evenly cropped vegetation in their wake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nibblingadj. Brit. /ˈnɪbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈnɪblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɪb(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see nibble v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nibble v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < nibble v. + -ing suffix². 1. That nibbles or takes small bites. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > nibbling or gnawing gnawing1567 knabbling1567 nibbling1581 1581 T. Nuce tr. Octavia (new ed.) ii. i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 173 And mighty weying strugling fishes great..With net..draw forth, and streeke With craft of quill, the nibling fysshes cheeke. 1599 H. Petowe Philochasander & Elanira iv The Calfe with many a prettie nibling Lam: Vppon the downes doe feede their hunger full. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. F3 The nibling Mouse is not a sleepe. 1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies iii. 18 The treach'rous Angler strikes his nibbling pray. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον ii. i. 34 I heard her tender nibling Lambes Imploring with their bleating oratory, Some aliment of their indulgent dames. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 292 When nibbling Sheep at large pursue their Food. 1766 J. Beattie tr. J. Addison Battle Pygmies & Cranes in Poems Several Subj. 163 Careless of nibbling bills. ?1799 R. Southey Filbert in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 71 The mouse Gnawing with nibbling tooth the shell's defence. 1828 C. Lamb Old Margate Hoy in Elia 2nd Ser. 31 The nibbling pickpockets of your patience. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 164 Nor took [he] heed Of how the nibbling dace might feed Upon the loose ends of his bait. a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) 659 A grassy field, the lambs, the nibbling sheep. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iii. 48 A last order of placoderms is the Antiarchi..grotesque little animals that had..small heads, tiny nibbling bony jaws, extensive armor over the front of the trunk, and [etc.]. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Aug. 17/1 The European finca whose proprietors bathe in the stream with nibbling fish. †2. Carping, fault-finding. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously captiousc1380 pick-fault1544 fastidious?1555 sharp-nosed1561 cavillous?1571 carpacious1574 cavillinga1576 find-fault1576 Zoilous1577 carpinga1586 exceptious1602 quarrellous1610 exceptive1623 Zoilitical1665 nibbling1691 pickthanking1830 Zoilean1846 snippy1848 nitpicking1948 nitpicky1962 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World I. 17 Rare is thy Fortune, Rare shall be thy Fame, Thô nibbling Envy thee unjustly Blame. 1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant Pref. 5 I cou'd easily dispatch such nibbling Criticks. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 253 I say nothing about the nibling Criticks. 1771 D. Garrick in D. Celesia Almida Epil. Will none accept my challenge?—what disgrace, To all the nibling, scribling, sland'ring race, Who dare not meet a woman face to face! 1887 H. Morley in T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle Introd. 8 The nibbling censure of the men whose wit is tainted with ill-humour. 3. Of the nature of a nibble; (also) produced by nibbling. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > crunching > produced by nibbling nibbling1824 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xx. 71 A mouse, Whose little nibbling rustle will embarrass Most people. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xii. 313 They kissed with little nibbling kisses. 1984 Playboy June 88 They whispered to each other and stroked each other and gave each other little nibbling kisses. Derivatives ˈnibblingly adv. rare ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Nibblingly, in a nibbling manner. 1889 Littell's Living Age 26 Jan. 194/1 The friendly sheep..Are no fastidious browsers, But nibblingly investigate The texture of our trowsers. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 214 Moup, to eat (anything) nibblingly. 2001 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 13 Dec. 23 Srettner's is more a man's notion of aroused feminism, with a hook that leaves you wondering (Paula, nibblingly lesbian, is that hook). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1577adj.1581
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