dibble
A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to…A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
Meaning
3 sensesA pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
Pflanzholz, Setzholz, Steckholz
a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
(UK, countable, slang)A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
(UK, slang, uncountable)Preceded by the: the police.
Watch out, lads! Here comes the dibble!
Translations
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Origin
Possibly dib (“to dab lightly”) + -le (frequentative suffix indicating repetition or contiPossibly dib (“to dab lightly”) + -le (frequentative suffix indicating repetition or continuousness); however, the word dibble is attested earlier than dib.
From the character of Officer Charlie Dibble, a New York Police Department officer, in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Top Cat (first broadcast in the US in 1961, and in the UK in 1962 under the title Boss Cat).
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Forms
plural: dibblesSynonyms
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