Definition of "nibble"

nibble¹

/ˈnɪbəl/

noun
plural nibbles
1. A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth.
2. (in the plural, nibbles) Small snacks such as crisps/potato chips or nuts, often eaten to accompany drinks.
verb
third-person singular simple present nibbles, present participle nibbling, simple past and past participle nibbled
1. (transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites.
  Quotations
  Giant parrots nibbled seed from the children's fingertips and my sister peeled a couple of satsumas for the lemurs.
  2014 November 2, Alex James, “The day I came face-to-face with a tiger”, in The Guardian‎
  For the bread that you eat and the biscuits you nibble, / The sweets that you suck and the joints that you carve, / They are brought to you daily by all us Big Steamers-- / And if anyone hinders our coming you'll starve!
  1911, Rudyard Kipling, Big Steamers
2. (transitive, intransitive) To bite lightly.
3. (figurative, especially intransitive with away at) To consume gradually.
  Quotations
  A report out this week from the National Consumer Law Center lays out a host of ways in which banks nibble away at jobless benefits with fees the center called “junk.”
  2011 May 11, Ann Carrns, “Prepaid Cards Subject Jobless to Host of Fees”, in The New York Times‎
4. To find fault; to cavil.