nibbler

American  

[nib-ler] / ˈnɪb lər /

noun

1. a person or thing that nibbles.

2. any of several fishes of the family Girellidae, inhabiting shallow coastal waters on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, having thin, incisorlike teeth.

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nibbler British  

/ ˈnɪblə /

noun

1. a person, animal, or thing that nibbles

2. engineering a tool that cuts sheet material by a series of small rapidly reciprocating cuts

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Etymology

Origin of nibbler

First recorded in 1590–1600; nibble + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Some of that was Snell, a notorious nibbler, missing his spots.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2022

And that is to a team already employing Bryce Harper, who on Monday night made a queasy nibbler out of Matt Harvey, with his fastball approaching 100 miles an hour.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2015

Here, on a damp nibbler, he rode his luck: bowled off a Jamie Harrison no-ball in single figures and then dropped at slip by Gordon Muchall on 11.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2012

And that is the hallmark of a successful nibbler.

From Inc • Dec. 8, 2010

Frequently the housewife becomes a nibbler of food, she eats a bite every now and then and never develops a real appetite.

From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham