Sekirov Dictionary

drib

/ˈdɹɪb/

verb 10
noun 1
forms 3

verb10

To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
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To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
- He who drives their bargains dribs a part. — 1693
To cut off; chop off.
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To entice step by step.
- With daily Lies she dribs thee into Cost; / That Ear-ring dropt a Stone, that Ring is lost: / They often borrow what they never pay; / What e'er you lend her think it thrown away. — 1701
To shoot directly at short range.
To shoot at a mark at short range.
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To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
- Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […] — 1598
(dialect, UK) To beat; thrash; drub.
(dialect, UK) To scold.
(dialect, UK) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

noun1

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(no longer used) A drop.
- squandering his money in dribs to the poor — 1772

forms

dribbed · dribbing · dribs

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