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Definition of "nibling" [nibling]

  • A nephew or niece, especially in the plural or as a gender-neutral term. (noun)

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Use "nibling" in a sentence
  • "A friend has a hypernym for niece-or-nephew: "nibling"."
  • "Now, because it is needlesse to proceede any further, then what hath beene already spoken: let mee onely tell you (over and beside) and commit it to memorie, that the nature of meetings and speeches are such, as they ought to nippe or touch the hearer, like unto the Sheepes nibling on the tender grasse, and not as the sullen Dogge byteth."
  • "Although not hungry in the usual sense of the word, I had begun to grow rather empty, and was nibling out of a box of Chocolates when Sis came."