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dibble
[ dib-uhl ]
noun
- Also 徱· [] a small, handheld, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to make a hole (in the ground) with or as if with a dibble.
- to set (plants) in holes made with a dibble.
verb (used without object)
- to work with a dibble.
dibble
1/ ˈɪə /
noun
- Also called (esp Brit)dibberˈdɪbə a small hand tool used to make holes in the ground for planting or transplanting bulbs, seeds, or roots
verb
- to make a hole in (the ground) with a dibble
- to plant (bulbs, seeds, etc) with a dibble
dibble
3/ ˈɪə /
noun
- slang.a policeman
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱b noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dibble1
Origin of dibble2
Example Sentences
Before I understood how to use my options properly, I used to dibble and dabble with my childhood favorite, Duncan Hines.
Antetokounmpo was pulled by first-year coach Adrian Griffin after a dibbling violation.
“Mizzle” and “dibble” and “smirr” and all those other regional words for precipitation have a gloriously humdrum quality.
You now need — as the British call it — a “dibble,” a tool you can buy or make by putting a point on a half-inch dowel.
“I’ve seen the body cams be upgraded. I’ve seen the police policies as far as training be replaced. But that’s not enough for me, to do a dibble and a dabble,” Rice said.
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