kibble
Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feedSomething that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
» The cat is eating his kibble quickly.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
Trockenfutter, Schrot
(countable, uncountable)Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.
An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.
an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
(historical)A mallet used in the game of trap ball.
(slang, uncountable)In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other.
Examples
1 sentencesThe cat is eating his kibble quickly.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from EUnknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
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”).
Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”).
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Forms
plural: kibblesWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable