drib

Plural: dribs

Noun

a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); ; ; ; --Kipling
- "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"
A drop.

Verb

Verb Forms: dribbed, dribbing, dribs

To fall or let fall in small drops; to drip.
To cut off; chop off.
To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
To entice step by step.
To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
To shoot directly at short range.
To shoot at a mark at short range.
To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
To beat; thrash; drub.
To scold.
To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

Examples

The water began to drib from the leaky faucet, mirroring his points total.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

driblet, drop

Scrabble Score: 7

drib: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
drib: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drib: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

drib: valid Words With Friends Word