Usually means: Tips of broken cocoa beans.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. nibs: Merriam-Webster
  2. nibs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nibs: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nibs: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nibs: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nibs, nibs: Wordnik
  7. nibs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nibs: Wiktionary
  9. nibs: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nibs: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. nibs: Dictionary.com
  12. nibs: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. NIBS: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. nibs: FreeDictionary.org
  15. Nibs: The Word Detective
  16. nibs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NIBS: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nibs: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nibs: Urban Dictionary
  3. Nibs: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Chocolate Terminology (No longer online)
  3. NIBS: Chocolate Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nibs)

▸ noun:  (slang, UK, after possessive pronoun) An important or self-important person.
▸ noun:  (slang, UK, dated, 19th century, after possessive pronoun) Self.
▸ noun:  (cribbage) a jack turned up by the dealer. (see also nob)

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bill, neb, beak, nib-cove, nibbler, nicker, knobber, nabob, snooter, nibba, more...

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Phrases:
pen nibs, cocoa nibs, cacao nibs, his nibs, more...

Adjectives:
pen, cocoa, small, roasted, broad, different, new, interchangeable, fine, cacao, little
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Similar:
bill, neb, beak, nib-cove, nibbler, nicker, knobber, nabob, snooter, nibba, more...

Types:
gold, silver, platinum, titanium, steel, iridium, more...

Phrases:
pen nibs, cocoa nibs, cacao nibs, his nibs, more...

Adjectives:
pen, cocoa, small, roasted, broad, different, new, interchangeable, fine, cacao, little



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