Meaning and Origin
What does the name Pebble mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Pebble
User Submitted Origins
English
75%
Native American
13%
Filipino (Philippines)
13%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Netherlands, the name Pebble means "Small".
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Pebble means "Reliable strong and fearless".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Peb"ble
Senses
- A small roundish piece of stone; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone."The pebbleson the hungry beach." [Shak.]"As children gathering pebbles on the shore." [Milton.]
- Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians.
Etymology: AS. papolstān; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See Stone
verb Peb"ble
To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
Other Dictionary Sources
- A small smooth rounded rock
Wiktionary
From Middle English pebbul, pebylle, pibbel, pobbel, pepulle (also in Middle English pibbil-ston, pubelston, and pebil stones, publestones), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel (found in Old English popelstān, papolstān (“pebble-stone”), pyppelrīpiġ (“pebble-stream”)), of unknown origin. Compare Albanian popël.
- A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
- (geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
- Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
- Brazilian
- A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
- Synonyms: cube powder, prismatic powder