Bibble vs Kibble - What's the difference?
bibble | kibble |
To eat and/or drink noisily.
To tipple.
Worry.
* 1919 , Herbert Quick, The Fairview Idea: A Story of the New Rural Life , page 39
*:"Foxes have holes,' Uncle Abner," said Daisy, " 'and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.' Why should we worry when we have such a bully place as this tent?" "Ish ka bibble'," said the Reverend Frank. "Well," said I, "about the time the mosquitoes begin to come out of the marsh, you'll begin to ' bibble ."
to grind coarsely
something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed
an iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface
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As verbs the difference between bibble and kibble
is that bibble is to eat and/or drink noisily while kibble is to grind coarsely.As a noun kibble is
something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.bibble
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bibben (from which also bib), either from (etyl) , or of imitative origin.Verb
(bibbl)Derived terms
* bibblerEtymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
(bibbl)kibble
English
(wikipedia kibble)Etymology 1
(Shropshire) dialect,A dictionary of archaic and provincial words, obsolete phrases, proverbs, ..., Volume 2, by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, First Edition, 1847,p. 493]perhaps variant of chip.Century Dictionary, “[http://www.wordnik.com/words/kibble/etymologies kibble etymologies”, Wordnik
Verb
(kibbl)- kibbled oats