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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid);
- Example: "he had a drop too much to drink"
- Example: "a drop of each sample was analyzed"
- Example: "there is not a drop of pity in that man"
- Example: "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling
[syn: drop, drib, driblet]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] [Cf. Drip.] 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. [1913 Webster] He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden. (c) To lead along step by step; to entice. [1913 Webster] With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. -- Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drib \Drib\, v. t. & i. (Archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drib \Drib\, n. 1. A drop. [Obs.] --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. a small portion or small amount of anything; -- used mostly in the phrase dribs and drabs. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

drib n 1: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "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"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet]