Drib
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɹɪb/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Drib is a verb meaning (transitive) To cut off; chop off.
Meaning
(transitive) To cut off; chop off.
More Meanings
- (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 British, dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.
Example Sentences
He who drives their bargains dribs a part.
squandering his money in dribs to the poor
Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […]
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.
Word Forms
- dribs
- dribbing
- dribbed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cut off, dock, chop, detruncate, bate, cross.
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