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Definition of 'drib'English
Etymology 1
From dialectal English drib (compare also drub), a variant from (etyl) . More at (l).
Verb
( dribb)
To cut off; chop off.
To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
To entice step by step.
* Dryden
- With daily lies she dribs thee into cost.
To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
* Dryden
- He who drives their bargain dribs a part.
(archery) To shoot directly at short range.
(archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.
(archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
- (Sir Philip Sidney)
To beat; thrash; drub.
To scold.
To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
Etymology 2
From a variant of drip.
Noun
( en-noun)
A drop.
- (Jonathan Swift)
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