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Meanings of
nibbling
in inglés
To eat a small amount of food between meals.
snack
peck
munching
pecking
nibble
munch
snacking
nosh
noshing
eating like a bird
Sinónimos
Examples for "
snack
"
snack
peck
munching
pecking
nibble
Examples for "
snack
"
1
The Company manufactures and markets
snack
food and beverage products for consumers.
2
As proof, they briefly mentioned White's recent consumption of sugary
snack
foods.
3
Its product groups include leisure, fashion and home, and party and
snack
.
4
However, you also need a
snack
to go with your refreshing drink.
5
Popular Alpine
snack
in Viennese cafés with coffee gossip in the afternoon.
1
We put in a
peck
at a time, in a dozen places.
2
They
peck
when I even think about moving but that's not real.
3
A bird-like
peck
at the inkwell, and the pen began to scratch-scratch-scratch.
4
Down came the pipe, and with it a
peck
of greasy soot.
5
With that and the flash-light we could get a
peck
of them.
1
I read about them yesterday, Ralph said, happily
munching
half a sausage.
2
And this mindless
munching
is possibly at wrong times of the day.
3
Either way, we'll be happily
munching
on some Forbidden Fruit this weekend.
4
Delia herself was just sort of
munching
along with every new shift.
5
Miss Müller was still
munching
at the well-spread table in the dining-room.
1
In that scenario, the
pecking
order would be decided by points difference.
2
She has inched further down the
pecking
order with every passing year.
3
Rugby and cricket are way down the sporting
pecking
order Down Under.
4
He's definitely been replaced in their pace
pecking
order by Wes Agar.
5
Now those high enough in the
pecking
order qualify for shackleberries too.
1
He decided to go out and buy some wine and
nibble
food.
2
But to
nibble
a hole in the Germany Army might take years.
3
She would even
nibble
his calves for the fun of the thing.
4
Nait took a test
nibble
at the thing, looked to Least, puzzled.
5
Then the five little mice each chose a red apple to
nibble
.
1
Then take this basket; put on a girdle, card wool,
munch
beans.
2
I always liked to
munch
on something crunchy, and I still do.
3
I said,'take a
munch
of these roses; perhaps they will restore you.'
4
They forage alone but occasionally come together to
munch
on a kill.
5
The others just tear at the bread and beef and
munch
without speaking.
1
Sure, soda and
snacking
go together, but selling those products is different.
2
In addition,
snacking
is correlated with increased high-intensity activity in some studies.
3
Try not to make
snacking
one more thing you do while multitasking.
4
Personally, I also stop
snacking
during the day as Ramadan approaches .
5
The study aimed to assess the association between childhood obesity and
snacking
.
1
Banks, however, says there is some hope for organic
nosh
this year.
2
He's like a madman if he doesn't get his
nosh
on time.
3
Come on, let's see if we can nick a little
nosh
!
4
On the flip side, the right
nosh
can soothe us into a sleep-inducing state.
5
All this because Mr Morrison wanted to get a mate into a fancy
nosh
-
up
.
1
They're always
noshing
at something while they cut meat slices and make sandwiches.
2
Not a bad salary for carrot stick
noshing
and divan sprawling.
3
Cody shook his head while
noshing
a too-full mouth of pizza.
4
By
noshing
on the men, because that was what happened.
5
He leans against the bike rack,
noshing
on the cold, sweet chips of ice.
1
"As always." Diego was
eating
like
a
bird
,
picking at his food.
1
He's like a madman if he doesn't get his
nosh
on
time.
2
In the home of "saintly" food, there is something for everyone
nosh
on
.
3
Pull on a sweater,
nosh
on
some Jarlsberg cheese, and give the series a look.
4
When I go outside I see rabbits in the fields, and ducks regularly come to
nosh
on
the waste.
5
Once there, enjoy the spectacular ocean view and
nosh
on
gourmet dishes delivered to you by your waiter via zip-line.
1
I
eat
like
a
bird
,
you know.
2
And she
eat
like
a
bird
.
3
Though when she finished she said, "You'll never get to play rugby for the Springboks if you
eat
like
a
bird
,
Peekay."
4
I'd
eaten
like
a
bird
yesterday, and I was feeling it.
5
From what he could tell, she
ate
like
a
bird
.
Usage of
nibbling
in inglés
1
However, much of this is being seen as
nibbling
at the edges.
2
He kept on
nibbling
the buttons and crunching them in his mouth.
3
Yesterday, in the
fish
-
nibbling
lagoons, I seem to have really been nibbled.
4
A few kids walked the top of it,
nibbling
the chaparral leaves.
5
Behind them their horses were
nibbling
hungrily in the thick, rich grass.
6
Immediately she began
nibbling
off berries and stowing them in her basket.
7
There was no mincing and
nibbling
when it went to a meal.
8
Sipping her tea and
nibbling
her sandwich, Miss Panney considered the situation.
9
To be literal, she was
nibbling
at the end of her pen.
10
Where browsing cows and
nibbling
geese from morn till night were seen.
11
The administrative assistant, Theresa, was standing outside her cubicle
nibbling
a fingernail.
12
Her nipples bloomed for him and he rewarded them, licking and
nibbling
.
13
Gordie was a mouse
nibbling
at a crumb between a tiger's fangs.
14
A small fish was
nibbling
at a finger on his submerged hand.
15
Or his lips and teeth in that teasing,
nibbling
way he has?
16
At last the Rougons were
nibbling
at the pleasures of the wealthy!
Other examples for "nibbling"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
nibbling
nibble
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
nibble at
nibble away
nibble a bit
nibble the grass
nibble chocolate
More collocations
Nibbling
through the time
Nibbling
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common