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Kibble
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- 1 A surname from Old English.
- 1 Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed. countable, uncountable
"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.”"
- 2 An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.
- 3 A mallet used in the game of trap ball. historical
- 4 In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other. slang, uncountable
- 5 an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining wordnet
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- 6 Any artificial animal feed in pellet form. countable, uncountable
- 7 coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food) wordnet
- 1 To grind coarsely.
"kibbled oats"
Etymology
Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
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.
Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”).
Variant of Keble; see there for more.
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