to dibble

9.6

To make small holes in the ground to plant seeds or bulbs

verb
/ˈdɪbəl/

: hacer agujeros

He carefully dibbled holes in the earth to plant the young flowers.

So the first thing that I'm doing right here is I'm actually I'm just dibbling my seed trays.

Examples

I'm going to dibble that on.
Curse our heavily cheese-dibbled diet!

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
I dibble and dabble.

Jack Squad (2009)
So the first thing that I'm doing right here is I'm actually I'm just dibbling my seed trays.

MIgardener
To prepare the garden for spring, I will dibble small holes in the soil for planting the seeds.
After dibbling the soil, she placed the bulbs in each hole to ensure a colorful garden.

Synonyms

to drill

vsto dibble

170 2.2

To make a hole by using a tool that turns

is focused on making holes in soil for planting rather than any material

to hole

vsto dibble

6 6.4

To make an opening in something by cutting or piercing

is used for careful planting openings in soil rather than damaging objects

to bore

vsto dibble

1 4.9

To make a hole in something with a tool or with animal teeth

is used for making holes in soil for planting not for general solid materials

to dib

vsto dibble

1 9.9

To make a small hole in soil for planting a seed

is used for general holes in the ground not only very small ones

to gimble

vsto dibble

Archaic

1 9.9

To make small holes in wood by hand

is the common gardening term for making openings to plant seeds

How Deep

to excavate

10 6.0

to dig

912 1.0

to dibble

9.6

to poke

251 1.5

Surface Forms

dibble infinitive

dibbled past

dibbled past participle

dibbling present participle

dibbles third person singular

Etymology

Dibble comes from the small, pointed tool also called a dibber or dibble that gardeners use to make holes for seeds. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a tiny 'dig' with that pointed stick, which is why to dibble means to make small holes in the ground for planting.