dibble

Etymology 1
Possibly ; however, the word dibble is attested earlier than dib.

Noun

 * 1) A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: sázecí kolík
 * Danish: plantepind, plantestok
 * Dutch: pootijzer, pootstok
 * Finnish: istutuspuikko
 * French:
 * Galician: plantador
 * German: Pflanzholz, Setzholz
 * Irish: stibhín
 * Italian: piantatoio
 * Laboya: kanyakka
 * Latin: pastinum
 * Macedonian: колче
 * Maori: kōkotaia
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: plantepinne
 * Polish: sadzak
 * Welsh: tyllwr

Verb

 * 1)  To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.
 * 2) * 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, chapter 12, in  (1), London:, ; republished London: Collins, 1998, ISBN 978-0-00-711555-6 :
 * It was Digory who had the bright idea of eating four each and planting the ninth; for, as he said, "if the bar off the lamp-post turned into a little light-tree, why shouldn’t this turn into a toffee-tree?" So they dibbled a small hole in the turf and buried the piece of toffee.
 * 1)  To use a dibble; to make holes in the soil.
 * 2)  To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
 * 1)  To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
 * 1)  To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
 * 1)  To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.

Etymology 2
From the character of Officer Charlie Dibble, a officer, in the  cartoon series  (first broadcast in the US in 1961, and in the UK in 1962 under the title Boss Cat).

Noun

 * 1)  A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
 * 2)  Preceded by : the police.
 * 1)  Preceded by : the police.