Words that rhyme with hybl

n 1: a judgment of not guilty [ant: condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence]

v 1: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" [syn: minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate] 2: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" [syn: disparage, belittle, pick at] [ant: blandish, flatter] 3: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" [syn: diminish, belittle]

adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly] 2: lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman" 3: (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured [syn: brittle, unannealed] n 1: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [syn: brittle, toffee, toffy]

n 1: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] 2: the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, commission, committal]

n 1: someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back v 1: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" [syn: cripple, stultify] 2: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple, lame]

n 1: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: dibble, dibber] v 1: plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs" 2: make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"

n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: drip, trickle, dribble] 2: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: drool, dribble, drivel, slobber] 3: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [syn: dribble, dribbling] v 1: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" [syn: trickle, dribble, filter] 2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" [syn: dribble, drip, drop] 3: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: dribble, carry] 4: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]

n 1: a small byte [syn: nybble, nibble] 2: gentle biting v 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; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" [syn: nibble, pick, piece]

n 1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: quibble, quiddity, cavil] v 1: evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections 2: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble]

n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography] 2: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle] v 1: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble, scrabble] 2: write carelessly [syn: scribble, scrawl]

n 1: a woman who tells fortunes 2: (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet

adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly]

n 1: gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle, chicle gum]

n 1: a small byte [syn: nybble, nibble]