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Nibble

To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

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Bite 76% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chomp 76% connected

To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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Nibbler 74% connected

One who, or that which, nibbles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nibbler 74% connected

One who, or that which, nibbles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pick 92% connected

To throw; to pitch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Piece 92% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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