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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drib

/ˈdɹɪb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
drib
IPA
/ˈdɹɪb/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut off; chop off.

Transitive verb

verb

To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.

Transitive verb

verb

To entice step by step.

Transitive verb

verb

To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.

verb

To shoot directly at short range.

Transitive verb

verb

To shoot at a mark at short range.

Intransitive verb

verb

To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.

Transitive verb

verb

To beat; thrash; drub.

British usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: drepen, drepan, *drepaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

dribs (present, singular) dribbing (participle, present) dribbed (participle, past) dribbed (past) dribs (plural)

Derived Forms

dribber dribble?

Phrases

dribs and drabs

Synonyms

drop driblet

Rhymes With

lib rib prime rib crib nib bib jib cut of one's jib fib glib gib sib

Questions

How do you pronounce drib?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹɪb/.
What does drib mean?
To cut off; chop off.
Where does drib come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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