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Pebble
//ˈpɛb.əl// noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water. countable, uncountable
"Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach Fillip the stars;"
- 2 a small smooth rounded rock wordnet
- 3 A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. countable, uncountable
- 4 A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface. countable, uncountable
- 5 Transparent and colourless rock crystal. countable, uncountable
"Brazilian pebble"
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- 6 A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains. countable, uncountable
- 7 A small piece of crack cocaine. countable, slang, uncountable
"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)"
Verb
- 1 To pave with pebbles. transitive
- 2 To deposit water droplets on the ice. transitive
"to pebble the ice between games"
- 3 To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences. transitive
- 4 To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
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.
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