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  • noun Plural form of nibble.
  • noun Snacks or finger food.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nibble.

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Examples

  • The Marlins hope to trade closer Antonio Alfonseca and have gotten nibbles from the Orioles, Dodgers and Cubs.

    USATODAY.com - National League East 2002

  • Cost: $30, including a glass of wine and nibbles from the panelists restaurants (Rover’s et al) as well as Tom Douglas Restaurants, Campagne, Joule, La Spiga, and Lunchbox Laboratory.

    Healthy No-Knead Bread 2009

  • Cost: $30, including a glass of wine and nibbles from the panelists restaurants (Rover’s et al) as well as Tom Douglas Restaurants, Campagne, Joule, La Spiga, and Lunchbox Laboratory.

    Foodportunity ticket giveaway 2009

  • I have yet to get any nibbles from the job fair I went to a few weeks ago, but then again I wasn’t expected an deluge of calls.

    Michael in Nashville 2004

  • I have yet to get any nibbles from the job fair I went to a few weeks ago, but then again I wasn’t expected an deluge of calls.

    108915357147265786 « Michael in Nashville 2004

  • The older boys munched steadily and easily, while Bud and Bobby pecked intermittently in short nibbles.

    Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

  • My longtime friend, uproarious glamour queen Julie, invited me over for a night of relaxation: raspberry daiquiris, "nibbles", and good, old-fashioned bantering and chattering.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Shaun 2007

  • My longtime friend, uproarious glamour queen Julie, invited me over for a night of relaxation: raspberry daiquiris, "nibbles", and good, old-fashioned bantering and chattering.

    Cumin Flatbread Shaun 2007

  • Or maybe this is just the kind of nibbles found over the fodder of small talk – pigs in a blanket, anyone?

    Putting Lipstick on a Pig ��� Pittsburgh and the Trojan Condom Advertising Controversy 2007

  • From about the middle of June our "nibbles" at the Turkish line became more frequent and more ambitious.

    With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

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