Nibbling

Nibble \Nib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nibbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Nibbling}.] [Cf. {Nip}.]
   To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth;
   to eat slowly or in small bits.
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         Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. --Shak.
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45 Moby Thesaurus words for "nibbling":
      appetite, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness,
      chewing, consumption, cropping, deglutition, devouring, devourment,
      dieting, dining, eating, epulation, feasting, feeding, gluttony,
      gobbling, grazing, herbivorism, herbivority, herbivorousness,
      hunger, ingestion, licking, manducation, mastication, messing,
      munching, nutrition, omnivorism, omnivorousness, omophagy,
      pantophagy, pasture, pasturing, pecking, regalement, relishing,
      rumination, savoring, tasting, vegetarianism, wolfing