Drib

From English dialectal 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 *drepanÄ… ("to hit, strike"). More at drub.

Full definition of drib

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.
• DrydenWith daily lies she dribs thee into cost.
4. To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
• DrydenHe who drives their bargain dribs a part.
5. (transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.
6. (intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.
7. (transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
8. (transitive, now chiefly UK dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.
9. (transitive, now chiefly UK dialectal) To scold.
10. (transitive, now chiefly UK dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

From a variant of drip.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A drop.

Anagrams

• bird