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Meaning of 'drib' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Drib [ n.]
- A drop.
2 . Drib [ v. t.]
- To do by little and little
- To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.
- To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
- To lead along step by step; to entice.
3 . Drib [ v. t. & i.]
- To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.

Meaning of 'drib' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . drib [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
Example in sentence:
  • a drop of each sample was analyzed;
  • he had a drop too much to drink;
  • there is not a drop of pity in that man;
  • years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet

Nearby Words:

dribbed dribber dribbing dribble dribbled dribbler dribblet driblet drie dried

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