noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of gimbal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Standard Lemma guide
gimble
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/ˈɡɪmbəl/
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rhymes with -ɪmbəl
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homophone: gimbal
verb
Meaning 2
To grin or smile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East-Anglia
Examples
- [1878, Samuel Henry Miller, Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly, The Fenland, Past and Present, iv Gimble—to grin or smile, (N.)]
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verb
Meaning 3
Alternative form of gimbal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
Variant of gimbal.
Compared by the EDD to dialectal Swedish gimla (“to move the lips in an unseemly manner, to make a wry face, to move the lips awry”). Compare also North Frisian gēmeli (“to move the lips before laughing”). Nall compares Old English ginian; the hard g in this form needs explanation (its standard English descendant is yawn), though the EDD does record a variant form jimble (/ˈjɪmbəl/).