1
: a small usually rounded stone especially when worn by the action of water
2
: transparent and colorless quartz : rock crystal
3
: an irregular, crinkled, or grainy surface
pebbled; pebbling
ˈpe-b(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to pelt with pebbles
2
: to pave or cover with pebbles or something resembling pebbles
3
: to grain (a material, such as leather) so as to produce a rough and irregularly indented surface
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In her music, boys tend to throw pebbles at her window, run to meet her in the pouring rain, make speeches in her doorway, dance with her in parking lots, cry all night outside her house, or run red lights while staring at her.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Alongside all that functionality, this handbag packs in plenty of style too, with its supple pebbled leather, gold-tone hardware, and metal feet that hold it upright even when not in use.
—Miles Walls, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In such regions, dust sticks together in planet-forming disks around young stars, forming pebbles that gradually accrete into larger bodies and, eventually, planets.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In her music, boys tend to throw pebbles at her window, run to meet her in the pouring rain, make speeches in her doorway, dance with her in parking lots, cry all night outside her house, or run red lights while staring at her.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
The beaches are mainly pebbled but the main attraction is the crystal clear, turquoise water.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Alongside all that functionality, this handbag packs in plenty of style too, with its supple pebbled leather, gold-tone hardware, and metal feet that hold it upright even when not in use.
—Miles Walls, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Pebble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pebble. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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pebble
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pebbled; pebbling
ˈpeb-(ə-)liŋ
: to produce an uneven, wrinkled, or grainy surface on
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