To eat or chew in small bites. Can also mean snacks, such as nuts and crisps to accompany drinks
A nibbling pin holds together a nibbling tool
A nibbling pin holds together a nibbling tool
They're not nibbling: they're grooming each other. Grooming is one of the social bonds that horses use to become and stay friends. Horses are social animals.
Only in a verb phrase with was or wereThe mice were nibbling the biscuits
The word 'nibbling' is a noun form, a gerund, the present participle of the verb to nibble which functions as a noun.The word 'nibble' is both a noun (nibble, nibbles) and a verb (nibble, nibbles, nibbling, nibbled).The noun forms of the verb to nibble are nibbler and the gerund, nibbling.
nibbling
Nibbles are done with the front teeth, biting is like a vampire. Nibbling shouldn't hurt, biting could.
Nibbled means "small bites" and daintily mean "delicately". Those two words don't mean the same, but daintily eating would be nibbling.
lots of tickling
the nibbling machine is used typically in the sheet metal forming for blanking or punching the sheet to get the wanted product
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a petty thief. The image is of someone just nibbling, not taking much.
Yes, horses nibble to show affection to other horses, but this can also be a sign of dislike to other horses. Watch to see if the nibbling escalates to hard biting with the ears laid back flat. This means dislike. If the nibbling stays nibbling that is ok.