kibble

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪbəl/ Rhymes: -ɪbəl === Etymology 1 === Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below. ==== Verb ==== kibble (third-person singular simple present kibbles, present participle kibbling, simple past and past participle kibbled) To grind coarsely. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== kibble (countable and uncountable, plural kibbles) Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed. Any artificial animal feed in pellet form. (figuratively) Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== kibble (plural kibbles) An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== kibble (plural kibbles) (historical) A mallet used in the game of trap ball. === Etymology 4 === Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”). ==== Noun ==== kibble (uncountable) (fandom slang) In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “kibble”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Paronyms ===