pebble
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- //ˈpɛbəl//
- /[ˈpʰɛbəl] ~ [ˈpʰɛbl̩]/
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
sustantivo
- 1
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach Fillip the stars;
And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
- 2
A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- 3
A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
- 4
Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
Brazilian pebble
- 5
A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
- 6
jergaA small piece of crack cocaine.
You ain't got your Glock for the summer / And you ain't gonna pop for your gunner / You ain't in the whip with them pebbles (Nah) / You ain't on the strip with the rebels (Nah)
Etimología
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.
verbo
- 1
To pave with pebbles.
- 2
To deposit water droplets on the ice.
to pebble the ice between games
- 3
To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
- 4
To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.
Formas
- plural
- pebbles
- pasado
- pebbled
- participio
- pebbled
- gerundio
- pebbling
- 3.ª persona del singular
- pebbles
pebble · A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
peck · To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).Peck · A surname.peculiar · Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.