dibber

English

Etymology

From dib +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbə(ɹ)

Noun

dibber (plural dibbers)

1. 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 or dib.
   • 1850, The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London:

     In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.

2. One who dibs.

Translations

tool

• Bulgarian: садилка (sadilka)
• French: plantoir (fr) m
• Italian: seminatoio m, scavabuche m, piantatoio m
• Macedonian: колче n (kolče)
• Maori: kōkotaia
• Norman: didget m
• Polish: sadzak m
• Portuguese: plantador m

one who dibs

See also

• widger

Anagrams

• bribed, ribbed