dib·ber

(dĭb′ər)

A dibble.

[Alteration of dibble.]

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dibber

(ˈdɪbə)

(Horticulture) Brit See dibble¹¹

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dibber

Past participle: dibbered
Gerund: dibbering

Imperative
dibber
dibber

Present
I dibber
you dibber
he/she/it dibbers
we dibber
you dibber
they dibber

Preterite
I dibbered
you dibbered
he/she/it dibbered
we dibbered
you dibbered
they dibbered

Present Continuous
I am dibbering
you are dibbering
he/she/it is dibbering
we are dibbering
you are dibbering
they are dibbering

Present Perfect
I have dibbered
you have dibbered
he/she/it has dibbered
we have dibbered
you have dibbered
they have dibbered

Past Continuous
I was dibbering
you were dibbering
he/she/it was dibbering
we were dibbering
you were dibbering
they were dibbering

Past Perfect
I had dibbered
you had dibbered
he/she/it had dibbered
we had dibbered
you had dibbered
they had dibbered

Future
I will dibber
you will dibber
he/she/it will dibber
we will dibber
you will dibber
they will dibber

Future Perfect
I will have dibbered
you will have dibbered
he/she/it will have dibbered
we will have dibbered
you will have dibbered
they will have dibbered

Future Continuous
I will be dibbering
you will be dibbering
he/she/it will be dibbering
we will be dibbering
you will be dibbering
they will be dibbering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dibbering
you have been dibbering
he/she/it has been dibbering
we have been dibbering
you have been dibbering
they have been dibbering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dibbering
you will have been dibbering
he/she/it will have been dibbering
we will have been dibbering
you will have been dibbering
they will have been dibbering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dibbering
you had been dibbering
he/she/it had been dibbering
we had been dibbering
you had been dibbering
they had been dibbering

Conditional
I would dibber
you would dibber
he/she/it would dibber
we would dibber
you would dibber
they would dibber

Past Conditional
I would have dibbered
you would have dibbered
he/she/it would have dibbered
we would have dibbered
you would have dibbered
they would have dibbered

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dibber

A tool used to make small planting holes for seedlings, rooted cuttings, and young plants.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

dibber - a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs

dibble

hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands

Translations

dibber

[ˈdɪbəʳ] N (Brit) → plantador m

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