drib : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drib	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for drib
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drib n 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 Synonym(s): drop, drib, driblet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dribbing}.] [Cf. {Drip}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drib \Drib\, v. t. & i. (Archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drib \Drib\, n. A drop. [Obs.] --Swift.