Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of nibling.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word niblings.

Examples

  • I can't believe my "niblings" are growing up so fast!

    Radical Womanhood 2008

  • Then, after lunch on a bench in the high street, we went to W H Smiths, where I was looking for art materials for my niblings.

    Voice Post: rmc28 2007

  • Linnea met her only cousins and Rob his only niblings!

    Brief update ailbhe 2007

  • I have just enough money saved up to cover it, in the Baby Furnishings Fund, and yesterday the covers from my baby sister's Moses basket showed up; she had them at 12 days old, and they have been used by both my niblings since, and by a half-Swedish baby called Elva.

    On babies, bumps and birthing ailbhe 2004

  • It doesn't help that my mother always gave birth early, and Rob was 10 days early, and my niblings were early, but I may still be typical and go the full 40 weeks and 3 days that's apparently "average".

    Pregnancy ailbhe 2004

  • Because I'm on a family vacation now celebrating my Mom's 75th birthday with my siblings and niblings, I haven't had nearly as much time as I would like to check the news, the blogs or even the comments to our posts.

    GayPatriot 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • Urban Dictionary has the definition for this -- a collective term for one's nieces and nephews. I first saw this in the book Family Words by Paul Dickson.

    December 2, 2006