name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
drabble
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɹæbəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æbəl
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CMU ARPABET: D R AE1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To fish with a long line and rod.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- to drabble for barbels
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History
Etymology
Perhaps a diminutive of the Old English personal name Drabba, or related to drab, hence a nickname for an untidy person.
From a game in Monty Python's Big Red Book in which the first player to write a novel wins; possibly derived in turn from the surname of the author Margaret Drabble.
Inherited from Middle English drabelan.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: raapale — short story