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kibbly en · ADJ

Etymology

From kibble + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of kibbles (coarse-ground grain etc.).
   • I nibbled at a corner of the crumbly, kibbly bread. 2019, Joshua Lobb, The Flight of Birds, page 114:
   • She smells Main Street before she sees it — the cigarette smoke from puffing teenagers and grown-ups, the kibbly breath of excited dogs, the Scotch-tape smell of the bubble wrap itself. 2008, Owen King, John McNally, Who Can Save Us Now?:
2. (slang) Having kibble (in the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other).
   • Dead End's a bit kibbly, Saberback and Guiledart rather more so, but none worse than, say BW Ironhide. OTOH, Break and Longrack easily beat out Ironhide in the Obtrusive Beast Bits department. 1999 February 1, Douglas W. Dlin, “Bw Neo Toys!!!”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026:
   • > Speedbreaker Kibbliest of the three, difficult to transform, but still fairly cool IMO. The BW Neo wannabe of the bunch. (In car mode, I can never remember where to stow his little chromed gun/knife weapon. Anyone?) 2000 September 30, Sam Wood, “Gimme some advice on TF:CR toys!”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026:
   • Overall: An evil pumpkin. Okay if somewhat kibbly monster mode, but the monster flesh molding in D20 mode kills its ability to be used even jokingly as a die. 2023 January 11, Dave Van Domelen, “Dave's Dicelings Rant: Wave 1”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026:

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