Drib Definition
drĭb
dribbed, dribbing, dribs
noun
A negligible amount.
Finished the work in dribs and drabs.
American Heritage
(obsolete) A drop.
Wiktionary
verb
To fall or let fall, in or as if in driblets.
Webster's New World
To cut off; chop off.
Wiktionary
To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
Wiktionary
To entice step by step.
Wiktionary
To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
Wiktionary
idiom
dribs and drabs
- small amounts
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Drib
Noun
Singular:
drib
Plural:
dribsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Drib
Origin of Drib
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From English dialectal drib (compare also drub), a variant from Middle English drepen (“to hit, strike, slay”), from Old English drepan (“to strike, kill, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”). More at drub.
From Wiktionary
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From a variant of drip.
From Wiktionary
Perhaps from driblet
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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