Nibble

Definition of Nibble

Nib´ble

v. t.	1.	To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits. [imp. & p. p. Nibbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbling .] Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. - Shak.
	1.	To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait. Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a-nibbling at one single passage. - Tillotson.
n.	1.	A small or cautious bite.
	2.	An expression of interest, often tentative, as at the beginning of a sale or negotiation process.

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and sinker, be a sucker, be taken in, bite, bolus, champ, chaw, chew the cud, chew up, chomp, cud, devour, eat up, fall for, gnash, gnaw, go for, gob, gobble up, grind, gulp down, gum, lap up, line, masticate, morsel, mouth, mouthful, mumble, nip, nosh, peck, peck at, pick, pick at, quid, ruminate, snack, snap, swallow, swallow anything, swallow hook, swallow whole, swing at, take the bait, tumble for

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