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drib (drib)

intransitive verb, transitive verb dribbed, dribbing drib′·bing

Obsolete to fall or let fall, in or as if in driblets

Etymology: < drip

drib Idioms

dribs and drabs

Etymology: < N Eng drib, driblet, droplet + drab for drap, dial. form of drop

small amounts

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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