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Nasaling
- verb - speak in a nasal voice; "`Come here,' he nasaled"
Needling
- verb - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
- prick with a needle
Nestling
- verb -
- a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
- lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
- young bird not yet fledged
Nettling
- verb - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
- sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
Nibbling
- verb - bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"
- bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"
- eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
Niggling
- verb - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
- argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
- worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
Nobbling
- verb - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
- disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"
- make off with belongings of others
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
NOODLING
- unknown - Improvising musically (slang)
Nursling
- noun - an infant considered in relation to its nurse