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pebble

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛb.əl/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.

  1. A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

    “Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach Fillip the stars;”

    “And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.”

  2. A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  3. A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
  4. Transparent and colourless rock crystal.

    “Brazilian pebble”

  5. A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
  6. A small piece of crack cocaine.

    “You ain't got your Glock for the summer / And you ain't gonna pop for your gunner / You ain't in the whip with them pebbles (Nah) / You ain't on the strip with the rebels (Nah)”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.

  1. To pave with pebbles.
  2. To deposit water droplets on the ice.

    “to pebble the ice between games”

  3. To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
  4. To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.