kibble
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kibble¹
- /ˈkɪbəl/
Rhymes with -ɪbəl
Where it comes from
Unknown; the verb is first attested in 1790 in William Marshall’s dictionary of agricultural provincialisms, of Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from kibble (“an iron bucket”). The noun is derived from the verb.
The Transformers fandom etymology 1, noun sense 4 was coined by Usenet user Lizard in February 1996, after etymology 1, noun sense 1 (“animal feed”); etymology 1, noun sense 5 is by extension.
verb kibbles · kibbling · kibbled
- To grind coarsely. kibbled oats
noun kibbles
- 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 reflected a “sign of cultural degeneration.”
- Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.
- Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.
- In the Transformers fandom, parts of a combiner that cannot be stored and must be set aside when said combiner is disassembled. Now, if only there was a convenient place to store "Combiner Kibble" -- all the hands, feet, chestplates, etc, that go into making a combiner
- In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other. In beast mode, he looks great from head on, but the abdomen (made out of robot legs and jointed squid kibble) doesn't look too solid if viewed from the side.
kibble²
- /ˈkɪbəl/
Rhymes with -ɪbəl
Where it comes from
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.
noun kibbles
- An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.
kibble³
- /ˈkɪbəl/
Rhymes with -ɪbəl
noun kibbles
- A mallet used in the game of trap ball.
Kibble⁴
Where it comes from
Variant of Keble; see there for more.
proper noun Kibbles
- A surname from Old English.
Translations
Every language
noun something coarsely ground
| Deutsch | Trockenfutter, Schrot |
|---|---|
| Italiano | granella |
noun animal feed
| Español | pienso, galletitas, croquetas |
|---|---|
| Français | croquette |
| Italiano | croccantino, crocchetta |
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