Nibble

v. t. [imp. & p. p. NIBBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. NIBBLING.] [From nib.] To bite by little at a time; to eat slowly, or in small bits. “Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep.” Shak.

v. i. 1. To bite; as, fishes nibble at the bait.

2Sense 2. To carp; to find fault; to censure little faults.

Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly nibbles at a single passage. Tillotson.

n. A little bite, or seizing to bite.