Meanings (ES + gloss)
mordisco • mordisqueo
An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.
[H]e would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
mordisco • ñangazo
A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chancomer • mordisquear
To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
My hand, as it hangs down, thou nibblest tenderly, […]
Social animals perform many little services for each other: horses nibble, and cows lick each other, on any spot which itches: […]
apolillar • carcomer • chancomer • comichear • comiscar • comisquear • mordisquear • picotear • roer • rosigar
Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.
What deepe and rare pointes of hiddẽ [hidden] secrets Virgil hathe sealde vp in hys twelue bookes of Aeneis, maye easily appeare to such reaching wits, as bend their endeuours, to…