kibbly

English

Etymology

kibble +‎ -y

Adjective

kibbly (comparative more kibbly, superlative most kibbly)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of kibbles (coarse-ground grain etc.).
    • 2008, Owen King, John McNally, Who Can Save Us Now?:
      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.
    • 2019, Joshua Lobb, The Flight of Birds, page 114:
      I nibbled at a corner of the crumbly, kibbly bread.
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