Etymology Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
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To grind coarsely.
kibbled oats
kibble
noun
Etymology Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
1
Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
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Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.
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Figuratively Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.
Etymology From German Kübel (“pail”), from Middle High German kübel, kubel (“bucket, bushel, measure of grain”), from Old High German kubil (“tub, bucket”), from Proto-West Germanic *kubil, from Proto-Germanic *kub- (“to be vaulted, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cupia, from Latin cūpa.
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An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.
kibble
noun
1
Historical A mallet used in the game of trap ball.
kibble
noun
Etymology Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”).
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LifestyleSlang In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other.