pibble

English

Noun

pibble (plural pibbles)

Obsolete form of pebble. [15th–17th c.]

Etymology 2

Contraction of pit bull.

Noun

pibble (plural pibbles)

(informal, endearing) A pit bull terrier.
- 2015 October 7, Elizabeth Medora, “Posey: The Little Pibble That Can”, in The Foothills Focus, page 10:
  In many ways, one-year-old Posey is just an average "pibble."
- 2017 November 23, “Adopt me!”, in Inlander, page 93:
  Meet Jax! He is a sweet, wiggly pibble.
- 2019, Suzanne Allard, "Liz Makes a Comeback," 4 Legs & a Tail, Winter 2019, pages 8-9:
  Our Liz jumps with all her feet off the floor when we spell w- a- l- k, now with that pibble smile ear to ear.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pibble.

Synonyms

pit (slang), pit bull, pittie (informal), shitbull (pejorative), velvet hippo (slang)

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