Words that rhyme with quibble
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acquittal
n 1: a judgment of not guilty [ant: condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence] -
belittle
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] -
brittle
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] -
bubble
n 1: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) 2: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble" [syn: house of cards, bubble] 3: an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" 4: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic v 1: form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" 2: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] 3: rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" 4: cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid" 5: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" [syn: burp, bubble, belch, eruct] -
committal
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] -
cripple
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] -
dibble
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" -
dribble
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] -
kibble
n 1: coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food) 2: an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining -
nibble
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] -
scribble
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] -
sibyl
n 1: a woman who tells fortunes 2: (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet -
brickle
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] -
chicle
n 1: gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle, chicle gum] -
nybble
n 1: a small byte [syn: nybble, nibble] -
gribble
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beall
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diboll
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fribble
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gibble
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hybl
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pribble
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pribyl
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tribble
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przybyl
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