Nibble /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Nibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbling

1. To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.

   Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep.

1. To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait.

   Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a-nibbling at one single passage.

1. A small or cautious bite.
2. An expression of interest, often tentative, as at the beginning of a sale or negotiation process. (Fig.)