DRIB

drop, drib, driblet

(noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); “he had a drop too much to drink”; “a drop of each sample was analyzed”; “there is not a drop of pity in that man”; “years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet”--Kipling

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

drib (third-person singular simple present dribs, present participle dribbing, simple past and past participle dribbed)

(transitive) To cut off; chop off.

(transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.

(transitive) To entice step by step.

To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.

(transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.

(intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.

(transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.

(transitive, now, chiefly, UK dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.

(transitive, now, chiefly, UK dialectal) To scold.

(transitive, now, chiefly, UK dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

Etymology 2

Noun

drib (plural dribs)

(obsolete) A drop.

Anagrams

• Bird, bird

Source: Wiktionary

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Drib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] Etym: [Cf. Drip.]

Definition: To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.

(c) To lead along step by step; to entice. With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.

Drib, v. t. & i. (Archery)

Definition: To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Drib, n.

Definition: A drop. [Obs.] Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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