dibble

Meanings

Noun

• A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.
• A police officer.
• Preceded by the: the police.

Verb

• To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.
• To use a dibble; to make holes in the soil.
• To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.

Related

Similar words

• dib
• dibber

Origin

• Possibly dib + -le; however, the word dibble is attested earlier than dib.
• From the character of Officer Charlie Dibble, a New York Police Department officer, in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Top Cat (first broadcast in the US in 1961, and in the UK in 1962 under the title Boss Cat).