drabble (third-person singular simple present drabbles, present participle drabbling, simple past and past participle drabbled)
(transitive) To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
(intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod.
drabble (plural drabbles)
A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.
The "100 words" limit is the original meaning, although in practice (and drabble purists have denounced this extension), it frequently extends up to around 500 words, with a variety of limits used.
• flash fiction, flashfic, microfiction, short short story, spamfic, sudden fiction
• dabbler, rabbled
Source: Wiktionary
Drab"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbling.] [Drab, Draff.]
Definition: To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. Halliwell.
Drab"ble, v. i.
Definition: To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
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