1. Bite off very small pieces
   "She nibbled on her cracker"
    
2. Bite gently
   "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"
    
3. Eat intermittently; take small bites of
   "She never eats a full meal — she just nibbles";
   - pick, piece

1. Gentle biting
   "The fish gave a nibble at the bait"
    
2. (computing) half a byte
   "The programmer used a nibble to represent a single hexadecimal digit";
   - nybble

Derived forms: nibbling, nibbles, nibbled

Type of: bite, chomp, computer memory unit, eat

Part of: byte

Encyclopedia: Nibble