Crossword clues for nibble
nibble
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nibble \nib"ble\, n.
A small or cautious bite.
Hence: (Fig.) An expression of interest, often tentative, as at the beginning of a sale or negotiation process.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to bite gently," c.1500, perhaps from Low German nibbeln "to nibble, gnaw," related to Middle Low German nibbelen, Middle Dutch knibbelen "to gnaw," source of Dutch knibbelen "to cavail, squabble." Related: Nibbled; nibbling.
1650s, "act of nibbling," from nibble (v.). As "a small bite," from 1838.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth. 2 (context in the plural nibbles English) Small snacks such as crisps/potato chips or nuts, often eaten to accompany drinks. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To eat with small, quick bites. 2 (context transitive English) To bite lightly. 3 (cx figurative English) To consume gradually. Etymology 2
alt. (context computing English) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits.http://foldoc.org/nibble n. (context computing English) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits.http://foldoc.org/nibble
WordNet
n. a small byte [syn: nybble]
gentle biting
Wikipedia
Nibble was a magazine for Apple II computer users with a focus on hobbyist programming. The name meant "half a byte" (perhaps in reference to Byte) or "four bits." Its slogan was "The Magazine for Apple II Enthusiasts." Most of the articles incorporated the source code of a small to medium-sized utility, application program, or game (each written specifically for the magazine) and a detailed description of how it worked. The headquarters was in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Nibble is a computing term for a four-bit aggregation.
Nibble, nibbles, nibbler or nibblers may also refer to:
In computing, a nibble (often nybble or nyble to match the vowels of byte) is a four- bit aggregation, or half an octet. It is also known as half-byte or tetrade. In a networking or telecommunication context, the nibble is often called a semi-octet, quadbit, or quartet. A nibble has sixteen (2) possible values. A nibble can be represented by a single hexadecimal digit and called a hex digit.
A full byte (octet) is represented by two hexadecimal digits; therefore, it is common to display a byte of information as two nibbles. Sometimes the set of all 256 byte values is represented as a table 16×16, which gives easily readable hexadecimal codes for each value.
Four-bit computer architectures use groups of four bits as their fundamental unit. Such architectures were used in early microprocessors and pocket calculators and continue to be used in some microcontrollers.
Usage examples of "nibble".
British troops began to nibble at the point of the salient on the Ancre which had been created by the battle of the Somme.
She let Booger Bear nibble from her hand as she ate, which the cat liked to do, and something that had always given Amelia fits.
Mattie nibbled her canapé and unconsciously began tapping the toe of her black leather pump.
Down went the motherless babies as four ruthless hands pulled apart their cosey nest, and there, among the nibbled fragments, appeared enough finely printed, greenish paper, to piece out parts of two bank bills.
These repetitions betray the movements of the keyword beneath the surface of the cryptogram just as the ducking of a fishing cork tells of a nibble.
Cole Haan loafers, and tortoiseshell specs they love to take off and nibble the arm of, plus always a uniform self-seriousness that reminds you of every overachieving dweeb you ever wanted to kick the ass of in school.
Eugenie Fonda felt a disquieting nibble of guilt, so she hastily unloaded both barrels.
Sir Timothy offered her a glass of port, which she declined, saying, however, that she was very content to nibble a fondant while he lingered over his wine.
He nibbles on the salad nicoise, he polishes off the galantine, and he uncurls the spiral pears!
Glaukus the fisherman, nibbling the herbs beside the sea and turning green with immortality, gives us fables out of Herodotus, gives us the Uttarakurus and the Jambu tree, dangles a hundred gleaming myths before our bedazzled ears, so that we want to cry out, Here!
The flame ran along the lines of joinery in the stonework, nibbling at block edges, making them drip turgidly down the walls.
Rhythm concluded as she nibbled on assorted mints from a mint julep tree: hot pepper mints, delightful compli mints, and pointed spear mints.
She would wait here for him, of course, sipping mint juleps and nibbling on bonbons.
The galleys nibbled hard at the coasts of Kennedy lands, raiding, looting, burning, killing, raping, destroying standing crops, and slaying all kine they did not bear away.
Harry has his little vegetable garden in imitation of the one his parents had in the back yard on Jackson Road, all he grows is lettuce and carrots and kohlrabi, he does love to nibble.