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Dibber

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A dibble.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble.

n. one who dibs.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A dibble.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An instrument for dibbling; a dibble, or a tool having a series of dibbles or teeth for making holes in the ground.

n. An iron tool with a sharp-pointed end of steel, or the pointed end of a claw-bar, used by miners and others for making holes.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs

Word Usage

"The other problem when you're hunting with a chronic dibber is that you have to adopt the habit merely to defend yourself."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hand tool

Cross Reference

widger

Synonym

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dibble

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