Usually means: Tool for making holes, planting.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. dibble: Merriam-Webster
  2. dibble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dibble: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dibble: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dibble: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dibble, dibble: Wordnik
  7. Dibble, dibble: Wiktionary
  8. dibble: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. dibble: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. dibble: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Dibble, dibble: Dictionary.com
  12. dibble: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Dibble (name): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Dibble: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. dibble: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. dibble: Rhymezone
  17. Dibble: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. dibble: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. dibble: FreeDictionary.org
  20. dibble: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. dibble: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. dibble: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dibble: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. dibble, dibble, dibble: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Dibble: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. dibble: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dibble)

noun:  A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
verb:  (transitive) To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.
verb:  (intransitive) To use a dibble; to make holes in the soil.
verb:  (intransitive) To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
noun:  (slang, British, originally Manchester, countable) A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
noun:  (slang, British, originally Manchester, uncountable) Preceded by the: the police.
noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.

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