kibbleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɪbəl/
• 韻: -ɪbəl

語源 1

Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.

動詞

kibble (third-person singular simple present kibbles, present participle kibbling, simple past and past participle kibbled)

1. To grind coarsely.

   kibbled oats

名詞

kibble (countable and uncountable, plural kibbles)

1. Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
   • 2022 January 6, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Pope Scolds Couples Who Choose Pets Over Kids”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The pope had already signaled his kids-over-kibbles stance in a 2014 interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero. When asked whether some in society valued pets more than children, he said that it was a reality that reflected a “sign of cultural degeneration.”

2. Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.
3. (figuratively) Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.

派生語

語源 2

From German Kübel (“pail”), from Middle High German kübel, kubel (“bucket, bushel, measure of grain”), from Old High German kubil (“tub, bucket”), from Proto-West Germanic *kubil, from Proto-Germanic *kub- (“to be vaulted, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”).

Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cupia, from Latin cūpa.

名詞

kibble (plural kibbles)

1. An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.

語源 3

名詞

kibble (plural kibbles)

1. (historical) A mallet used in the game of trap ball.

語源 4

Coined by Usenet user Lizard in February 1996 from kibble (“animal feed”).

名詞

kibble (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang, obsolete) In the Transformers fandom, parts of a combiner that cannot be stored and must be set aside when said combiner is disassembled. [from 1996–1999?]
   • 1996 February, Lizard, “Insecticon hatches- what's the deal?”, in alt.toys.transformers‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 October 2021:

     Now, if only there was a convenient place to store "Combiner Kibble" -- all the hands, feet, chestplates, etc, that go into making a combiner

   • 1996 November 14, Robert Powers of the Ever-Changing, “Need Help Identifying Transformers”, in alt.toys.transformers‎ (Usenet):

     There is also some kibble that goes onto them: fists, footplates, a big face for Menasor, and two chest plates. He won't stand up too well without the foot plates.

   • 1998 January 23, Doug Dlin, “Hasbro & Japanese toys...”, in alt.toys.transformers‎ (Usenet):

     Granted, if the remake is substantially inferior in some way important to me (like the Euro releases of the Road Caesar team missing the gestalt kibble), AND if I have a decent chance of getting the original at an affordable price, I'd go for the original too.

2. (fandom slang) In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other. [from 1997?]
   • 1997 January 29, Dave Richter, “Claw Jaw and Drill Bit: Richter reviews”, in alt.toys.transformers‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 August 2025:

     In beast mode, he looks great from head on, but the abdomen (made out of robot legs and jointed squid kibble) doesn't look too solid if viewed from the side.

   • 2026 August 30, PrimeVsPrime, 0:48 from the start, in The BEST Bayverse Optimus Prime YET! Transformers Studio Series Voyager Class EVASION MODE Review!‎:

     The Age of Extinction designs in particular were amongst some of the most-involved that we'd ever seen from the live-action films, which meant that unfortunately, a good majority were left with a ton of kibble, and in some cases, were just completely inaccurate.

派生語

参照

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “kibble”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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