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Drab is defined as a dull yellow to light olive brown color, or fabric this color, or a woman prostitute, or a very small amount.

(noun)

An example of drab is a faded yellowish-brown curtain.
An example of drab is a woman who is a call girl and earns money for sex.
An example of drab is a very small task that is accomplished: finished in dribs and drabs.

The definition of drab is a boring or dull person or thing.

(adjective)

An example of drab is a dance party without any music.

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See drab in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a kind of cloth, esp. a yellowish-brown wool
a dull yellowish brown

Origin: < OFr drap, cloth < VL drappus < IE *drop- < base *der-, to skin

adjective drabber, drabbest

of a dull yellowish-brown color
not bright or lively; dull, dreary, or monotonous

Related Forms:

drably adverb
drabness noun

noun

a slovenly woman; slattern
a prostitute

Origin: < Celt, as in Ir drabog, Gael drabag, slattern

intransitive verb drabbed, drabbing

to fornicate with prostitutes

Origin: < drabthe

See drab in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective drab·ber, drab·best

a. Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.
b. Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
Faded and dull in appearance.
Dull or commonplace in character; dreary: a drab personality. See Synonyms at dull.

noun

A dull grayish to yellowish or light olive brown.
Cloth of this color or of an unbleached natural color.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete French drap, cloth

Origin: , from Old French; see drape

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Related Forms:

drabˈly adverb

drabˈness noun

noun

A slattern.
A woman prostitute.

intransitive verb drabbed drabbed, drab·bing, drabs

To consort with prostitutes: “Even amid his drabbing, he himself retained some virginal airs” (Stanislaus Joyce).

Origin:

Origin: Possibly of Celtic origin

Origin: ; akin to Scottish Gaelic dràbag

Origin: and Irish Gaelic drabóg, slattern,

Origin: or from Dutch drab, dregs

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noun

A negligible amount: finished the work in dribs and drabs.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of drib

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