"kibble" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kibble.wav Forms: kibbles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪbəl Etymology: Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kibble (countable and uncountable, plural kibbles)
  1. Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kibble-en-noun-E70HAtKO Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 35 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 44 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 54 41 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 44 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 42 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 42 6
  2. Any artificial animal feed in pellet form. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kibble-en-noun-SnpoQuEy Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 44 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 44 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (animal feed): croquette (French), croccantino (Italian), crocchetta (Italian) Translations (something coarsely ground): rouhe (Finnish), Trockenfutter [neuter] (German), Schrot [masculine, neuter] (German), granella [feminine] (Italian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'animal feed': 46 54 Disambiguation of 'something coarsely ground': 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kibble.wav Forms: kibbles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪbəl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Kübel|t=pail}} German Kübel (“pail”), {{der|en|gmh|kübel}} Middle High German kübel, {{der|en|goh|kubil|t=tub, bucket}} Old High German kubil (“tub, bucket”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*kubil}} Proto-West Germanic *kubil, {{der|en|gem-pro|*kub-|t=to be vaulted, arch}} Proto-Germanic *kub- (“to be vaulted, arch”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gew-}} Proto-Indo-European *gew-, {{der|en|VL.|*cupia}} Vulgar Latin *cupia, {{der|en|la|cūpa}} Latin cūpa Head templates: {{en-noun}} kibble (plural kibbles)
  1. An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.
    Sense id: en-kibble-en-noun-jIQ9lDEM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kibble.wav Forms: kibbles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪbəl Head templates: {{en-noun}} kibble (plural kibbles)
  1. (historical) A mallet used in the game of trap ball. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Animal foods
    Sense id: en-kibble-en-noun-fZvYaxGQ Disambiguation of Animal foods: 20 21 1 35 21 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 3 43 24 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 7 3 45 25 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 13 2 42 23 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kibble.wav
Rhymes: -ɪbəl Etymology: Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”). Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kibble (uncountable)
  1. (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. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kibble-en-noun-CiZHDKti Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɪbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kibble.wav Forms: kibbles [present, singular, third-person], kibbling [participle, present], kibbled [participle, past], kibbled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪbəl Etymology: Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} kibble (third-person singular simple present kibbles, present participle kibbling, simple past and past participle kibbled)
  1. To grind coarsely. Translations (to grind coarsely): меля на едро (melja na edro) (Bulgarian), rouhia (Finnish), concasser (French), schroten (German), дроби́ть (drobítʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-kibble-en-verb-Fi4HM5cU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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