A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
Used in a Sentence
dibble
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dibble.
Editorial note
If you are on a bus you can just dibble with your phone so it doesn't matter.
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Parts of speech2
Quick take
A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dibble gathered in one view.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
(transitive) To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dibble.
noun
A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
noun
A surname originating as a patronymic.
verb
(transitive) To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.
verb
(intransitive) To use a dibble; to make holes in the soil.
Example sentences
If you are on a bus you can just dibble with your phone so it doesn't matter.
Of the top of my head I can think of Flint Dibble who is an paleontologist?
Youtuber Peter Dibble has an excellent documentary about the plane's move from Long Beach to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
It's the Anderson and Dibble translation, and some random extra stuff.
I dibble and dabble in Blender, Unreal, and Logic Pro.
As an Objective-C and Swift developer I can read C and C++ and dibble a bit in it but to write serious code from scratch: forget it.
That way you can give nice Officer Dibble here your sanitized passcode and he can see all the messages to your Grandma, photos of that cute puppy you downloaded from Unsplash, and your latest Candy Crush high score, and not the Signal and Telegram apps you have open to your friends in Ukraine.
I'm getting a bit off topic here but regarding the pseudo-archaeology that's popular on YouTube: Graham Hancock (who had a 10 part Netflix series called Ancient Apocalypse about an advanced global civilization during/before the last glacial maximum) recently appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast alongside Flint Dibble who is an archaeologist that does public communication on YouTube.
Quote examples
It's pretty quick to plant bare-root seedlings using a spade or "dibble".
Julian Dibble's "A Rape In Cyberspace" is a oft-referenced piece here, written about LambdaMOO in the mid 90s, but still applicable to online environments today.
"why yes officer Dibble the perp made a suspicious cross body movement:-) "
> “Why is there no evidence for this Ice Age civilization when we have plentiful evidence for hunter-gatherers all over the world at this time?” Dibble asked.
Proper noun examples
This video, 'Planting Bare Root Trees With A Dibble', shows how very easy it can be to plant a seedling.
Dibble lied and pushed off bad information to win a debate and he did a disservice to himself and his peers.
Related: Conscious Acts of Creation: The Emergence of a New Physics - Tiller, Dibble, Kohane - 2001.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dibble in a sentence?
If you are on a bus you can just dibble with your phone so it doesn't matter.
What does dibble mean?
A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
What part of speech is dibble?
dibble is commonly used as noun, verb.