DRIB in English dictionary

  • drib

    Meanings and definitions of "DRIB"

    • A drop.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A drop.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cut off; chop off.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To entice step by step.
    • verb
      To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
    • verb
      (transitive, archery)
      To shoot directly at short range.
    • verb
      (intransitive, archery)
      To shoot at a mark at short range.
    • verb
      (transitive, archery)
      To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
    • verb
      (transitive, now chiefly Britain dialectal)
      To beat; thrash; drub.
    • verb
      (transitive, now chiefly Britain dialectal)
      To scold.
    • verb
      (transitive, now chiefly Britain dialectal, marbles)
      To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
    • noun
      a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling

    Synonyms of "DRIB" in English dictionary

    small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount, driblet are the top synonyms of "DRIB" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of DRIB

    • drib ( plural  dribs)
    • drib (plural dribs)
    • drib (third-person singular simple present dribs, present participle dribbing, simple past and past participle dribbed)
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