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pebbling

4.4

Throwing small stones at people or things

noun
/ˈpɛb.lɪŋ/

: lanzar piedras

After the argument, the children started pebbling the old shed with handfuls of stones.

Examples

The teacher warned the students that pebbling the windows could result in detention.
The council condemned the repeated pebbling of parked cars by local youths after dusk.
Who started the pebbling?
The boys' pebbling annoyed the ducks.
The council condemned the repeated pebbling of parked cars by local youths after dusk.
After the argument, the children started pebbling the old shed with handfuls of stones.
The teacher warned the students that pebbling the windows could result in detention.

Synonyms

mudslinging

vspebbling

4.1

Throwing mud at people or things for fun

involves throwing small stones rather than wet dirt

How Forceful

stoning

Offensive

10 9.9

pebbling

4.4

Surface Forms

pebbling singular

pebblings plural

Morphology

pebbling = pebble (transparent) = pebble + ing

A gerund/nominalization of the verb 'to pebble' meaning 'throw pebbles'; the action sense is directly derivable.

Etymology

Pebbling comes from the word pebble, 'a small rounded stone', and gives an easy picture of people throwing little stones. So pebbling can mean the act of throwing pebbles at someone or something.