drib

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut off; chop off.
2. (transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
3. (transitive) To entice step by step.
4. To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
5. (transitive) To shoot directly at short range.
6. (intransitive) To shoot at a mark at short range.
7. (transitive) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
8. (British, dialectal, transitive) To beat; thrash; drub.
9. (British, dialectal, transitive) To scold.
10. (British, dialectal, transitive) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

Noun

A drop.

Synonyms

drop

driblet

droplet

💧

globule

splash

spot

bead

tot

drip

Translations

قليل

🤏

قطْرة

gota

σταγόνα

perle

goccia

lacrima

lagrima

goccio

gocciola

gocciolo

lágrima

gota

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹɪb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: drepen

Inherited from Old English: drepan

In summary

From dialectal English drib (compare also drub), a variant from Middle English drepen (“to hit, strike, slay”), from Old English drepan (“to strike, kill, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”).