pebble
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pebble
- /ˈpɛbəl/ Canada, US, UK
- [ˈpʰɛbəl] ~ [ˈpʰɛbl̩] Canada, US, UK
- /ˈpebəl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [ˈpʰebəl] ~ [ˈpʰebl̩] ~ [ˈpʰe̞b-] Australia
- [ˈpʰe̝bəl] ~ [ˈpʰe̝bl̩] ~ [ˈpʰɪb-] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛbəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.
noun pebbles
- A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water. Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach Fillip the stars;
- A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
- Transparent and colourless rock crystal. Brazilian pebble
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A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
Similar: cube powder, prismatic powder
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A small piece of crack cocaine.
You ain't got your Glock for the summer / And you ain't gonna pop for your gunner / You ain't in the whip with them pebbles (Nah) / You ain't on the strip with the rebels (Nah)
Similar: peb
verb pebbles · pebbling · pebbled
- To pave with pebbles.
- To deposit water droplets on the ice. to pebble the ice between games
- To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
- To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cobble, stone, gravel, rock, waterworn, ball, rocket, rubble, nugget, anthrax, nonsense, pierre, chafes, cobblestone, shingle, grit
Translations
Every language
noun stone
| Español | canto, canto pelado, canto rodado, guijarro, peladilla, callao |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자갈 jagal |
| 日本語 | 小石 koishi |
| 中文 | 礫石 /砾石 lìshí, 石子 shízǐ, 卵石 luǎnshí, 鵝卵石 /鹅卵石 éluǎnshí |
| हिन्दी | पत्थर patthar |
| Português | seixo, pedregulho, pedrinha |
| Français | galet, caillou |
| Deutsch | Stein, Steinchen, Kiesel, Kieselstein |
| Italiano | ciottolo |
| Română | pietricică, pietriș, prundiș |
| Русский | га́лька gálʹka |
| العربية | حَصَاة ḥaṣāh |
| עברית | חַלּוּק ẖalúq |
noun rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
| हिन्दी | कंकड़ kaṅkaṛ |
|---|---|
| Português | seixo |
| Français | gravillon |
verb To pave with pebbles
| Español | empedrar |
|---|---|
| Italiano | acciottolare |
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title = {pebble},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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