dibble n : a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: dibber]

1 plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs"

2 make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbəl

Noun

1. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds. Also known as a dibber.
2. (slang) the police or one or more police officers (from the character of Officer Dibble in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Top Cat)

   Watch out lads! Here comes the dibble!

Verb

1. To make holes, or plant seeds, using a dibble.

Related terms

• dibbly
• dibbly-dobbler

Dibble may refer to:

• Dibble, Oklahoma, a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States

People

• Andy Dibble (born 1965), Welsh professional footballer
• Ansen Dibell or Nancy Ann Dibble (1942-2006), American science fiction author
• D. Scott Dibble (born 1965), American politician from Minnesota
• Hamilton Dibble Jessup (1806–1892), doctor and political figure in Canada West
• Harold L. Dibble (born 1951), American Paleolithic archaeologist
• Rob Dibble (born 1964), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Samuel Dibble (1837-1913), Congressman from South Carolina
• Scott Dibble, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and record producer

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