Kibbly

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of kibbles (coarse-ground grain etc.).

    "She smells Main Street before she sees it — the cigarette smoke from puffing teenagers and grown-ups, the kibbly breath of excited dogs, the Scotch-tape smell of the bubble wrap itself."

  2. 2
    Having kibble (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

    "Dead End's a bit kibbly, Saberback and Guiledart rather more so, but none worse than, say BW Ironhide. OTOH, Break and Longrack easily beat out Ironhide in the Obtrusive Beast Bits department."

Example

More examples

"She smells Main Street before she sees it — the cigarette smoke from puffing teenagers and grown-ups, the kibbly breath of excited dogs, the Scotch-tape smell of the bubble wrap itself."

Etymology

From kibble + -y.

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