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kibble.

To grind coarsely.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɪbəl/
  1. To grind coarsely.

    kibbled oats
Where this word comes from

Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.

noun/ˈkɪbəl/
  1. Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.

noun/ˈkɪbəl/
  1. An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.

Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈkɪbəl/
  1. A mallet used in the game of trap ball.

    historical
noun/ˈkɪbəl/
  1. 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
Where this word comes from

Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”).

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