nibbling
Eating in bits
Nibbling is the act of taking small, delicate bites—the way a mouse eats cheese or a person picks at food without real appetite: She was nibbling at her salad.
The word also covers gentle, affectionate biting: nibbling on an earlobe.
In the plural, nibbles are small snacks served at parties or gatherings.
Chewing food steadily
- snackingEating small portions casually
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
- chewingCrushing food orally
- peckingJabbing with beak
tasting · sampling · noshing · crunching · savoring · picking · grazing · appetizing
Very young child
- infantVery young child
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- gumsOral tissue surrounding teeth
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
chewing · pacifier · teething ring · soothing · drooling · fussy · molars · gnawing
Gradual loss through friction
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
- chippingBreaking into fragments
- edgesOuter limits or boundaries
- frayingComing apart threadwise
deterioration · attrition · undermining · persistent · incremental
Persistent biting action
- mouseSmall gnawing mammal
- squirrelBushy-tailed tree rodent
- rabbitLong-eared lagomorph
- hamsterSmall burrowing pet rodent
chipmunk · whiskers · teeth · furry · scurrying · cheese · nuts · seeds
Affectionate rubbing with nose
teasing · flirtatious · kissing · caressing · intimate · gentle · tender · ticklish
munching
Chewing food steadily
pecking · tasting · sampling · noshing · crunching · savoring · picking · grazing · appetizing · morsels
baby
Very young child
biting · chewing · pacifier · teething ring · soothing · drooling · fussy · molars · gnawing · fingers
wearing away
Gradual loss through friction
fraying · deterioration · attrition · undermining · persistent · incremental
gnawing
Persistent biting action
hamster · chipmunk · whiskers · teeth · furry · scurrying · cheese · nuts · seeds · burrow
nuzzling
Affectionate rubbing with nose
lip · teasing · flirtatious · kissing · caressing · intimate · gentle · tender · ticklish · whisper
pasture
Grazing ground for livestock
cattle · grass · clover · forage · livestock · herbivore · browsing · alfalfa · bucolic · grassland
reservoir
Large water storage basin
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- converterDevice that transforms input
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
section · cap · barrel · hooded · grip · collar · fins · ebonite · eyedropper · posting
- eatingchewing, biting, swallowing, munching, chomping
- consumptioneating, drinking, consuming, ingestion, ingesting
- Snacking Habitssnacking, munching, crunching, grazing, dipping
- feeding behaviorsfilter feeding, grazing, browsing, foraging, scavenging
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
nibblingfeasting
Eating sumptuously together
gorging · bingeing · pigging out · overindulging · glutting