noun
Meaning 1
A drop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
drib
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɹɪb/
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rhymes with -ɪb
verb
Meaning 2
To cut off; chop off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To entice step by step.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
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verb
Meaning 6
To shoot directly at short range.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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verb
Meaning 7
To shoot at a mark at short range.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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verb
Meaning 8
To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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verb
Meaning 9
To beat; thrash; drub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To scold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
Qualifier: marbles
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noun
Meaning 12
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)--Kipling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drop, driblet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Narrower terms: tear, teardrop, raindrop, droplet, eyedrop, eye-drop
History
Etymology
From a variant of drip.
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”).