Толковый словарь английского языка - nibble
Nibble
nibble
I. verb (~d; nibbling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1512 transitive verb 1. to bite gently, to eat or chew in small bits, to take away bit by bit , intransitive verb to take gentle, small, or cautious bites, to deal with something as if by nibbling, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1658 an act of nibbling, a very small quantity or portion (as of food), a tentative expression of interest
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & (foll. by at) intr. a take small bites at. b eat in small amounts. c bite at gently or cautiously or playfully. 2 intr. (foll. by at) show cautious interest in. --n. 1 an instance of nibbling. 2 a very small amount of food. 3 Computing half a byte, i.e. 4 bits. Derivatives nibbler n. Etymology: prob. of LG or Du. orig.: cf. LG nibbeln gnaw ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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