Dibble, verb = to drink like a duck, lifting up the head after each sip.

This is a definition of this word that I heard on the radio today. Officer Dibble in Top Cat was also mentioned.

However in my English dictionary a dibble is defined as:

1. a small hand tool used to make holes in the ground for planing bulbs and seeds
2. to make a hole with such a tool
3. to plant with such a tool, which is also known as a dibber.

It first appeared in writing during the 15th century and is of obscure origin. There’s nothing about ducks there, but the drinking like a duck meaning does appear in lists of obscure words like this one.