noun
dibble
DIHBL
noun
1
A pointed hand tool used to poke holes in soil for planting seeds or seedlings.
"He used a wooden dibble to plant each bulb at an even depth."
verb
1
To make planting holes with a dibble.
"She dibbled a neat row before planting the onion sets."
How to Use Dibble
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pointed gardening tool for poking planting holes, or the act of using one.
Common pairings
dibble a hole
garden dibble
Word Forms
dibbled past tense, dibbles plural, dibbles plural, dibbles singular
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Etymology
Possibly from dib ("to dab lightly") plus the frequentative suffix -le, though dibble is actually recorded earlier than dib.