dibber

dib +‎ -er

• Rhymes: -ɪbə(ɹ)

dibber (plural dibbers)

1. A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble or dib.
   • 1850, The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London:

     In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.

2. One who dibs.

• widger

• bribed, ribbed