Usually means: Half a byte, four bits.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. nibble: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nibble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nibble: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nibble: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nibble: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nibble, nibble: Wordnik
  7. nibble: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nibble: Wiktionary
  9. nibble: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nibble: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nibble: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Nibble, nibble: Dictionary.com
  13. nibble (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. nibble: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Nibble (computing), Nibble (disambiguation), Nibble (magazine), Nibble: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nibble: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nibble: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nibble: Rhymezone
  19. nibble: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nibble: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. nibble: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. nibble: Free Dictionary
  23. nibble: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. nibble: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. nibble: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. nibble: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. nibble: Netlingo
  4. nibble: CCI Computer
  5. Webopedia (No longer online)
  6. nibble: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. nibble: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nibble: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nibble: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nibble, nibble: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nibble: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nibble: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
verb:  To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
verb:  To make (a hole in something) through small bites.
verb:  To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.
verb:  Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.
verb:  Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.
verb:  To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.
verb:  (obsolete)
verb:  To fidget or play with (something), especially with the fingers or hands.
verb:  (slang) To catch (someone); to nab.
verb:  (slang) To steal (something); to pilfer.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
verb:  To lightly bite, especially in a loving or playful manner.
verb:  (figurative)
verb:  Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
verb:  Followed by away at: to reduce or use up gradually; to eat.
verb:  (cricket, informal) Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.
verb:  (road transport) Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels”)
verb:  To fidget or play, especially with the fingers or hands.
verb:  Chiefly followed by at: to make insignificant complaints; to carp, to cavil, to find fault.
verb:  (slang) To engage in sexual intercourse.
noun:  An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.
noun:  A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.
noun:  A amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.
noun:  (figurative) A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
noun:  (obsolete, rare) Grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock; forage, pasturage.
noun:  (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.

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