niblet

noun
/ˈnɪblət/

Etymology

From nib + -let.

Definitions

  1. A kernel of corn, usually from a can.

    • Jerry Seinfeld: She eats her peas one at a time.[…]I've seen her eat Corn Niblets. But she scooped them.
    • “Oh, look at those perfect little toes, so plump, like little niblets. Like little corn niblets.” “Maize.” “That's right, honey. Hot damn it, those things are beautiful! Gimme gimme gimme. Gimme just a little. Gimme just a -- Mmm.” “Ugh.”
  2. A small piece of something, especially of snack food.

    • niblets of nuts
    • niblets of information
    • niblets of bone

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for niblet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA