An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DRIBBLED
Verb
dribbled
simple past tense and past participle of dribble
Source: Wiktionary
DRIBBLE
Drib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] Etym: [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]
1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of love." Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.]
Drib"ble, v. t.
Definition: To let fall in drops. Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift.
Drib"ble, n.
Definition: A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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