Thesaurus: drib
To do by little and little
Related headwords
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Definitions
- v. t. To do by little and little
- v. t. To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.
- v. t. To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
- v. t. To lead along step by step; to entice.
- v. t. & i. To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
- n. A drop.
- n. a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- To do by little and little; as:(a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop.(b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.
- n:100 n a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)