kibble
Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
Noun
- Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
- The pope had already signaled his kids-over-kibbles stance in a 2014 interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero. When asked whether some in society valued pets more than children, he said that it was a reality that...
- Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.
- Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.
Origin
Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
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Noun Entry 2
- An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.
Origin
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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Noun historical
- A mallet used in the game of trap ball.
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Noun lifestyle
- In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other.
Origin
Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”).
Derived
Verb
- To grind coarsely.
- kibbled oats