a tool that cuts sheet material by a series of small rapidly reciprocating cuts
nibbler in American English
(ˈnɪblər)
noun
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
Word origin
[1590–1600; nibble + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dummy, fixture, investment, radius, volunteer-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'nibbler' in a sentence
nibbler
Yesterday morning the evil nibblers were thieving from our bird feeder.