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drib

(drĭb)

A negligible amount: finished the work in dribs and drabs.

[Perhaps from driblet.]

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drib

(drɪb)

obsolete to flow or let flow in small drops or amounts

Scot a small drop or insignificant amount; driblet

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drib

(drɪb)

n.

a small or minute quantity; bit.

[1720–30; back formation from driblet]

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drib - 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

driblet, drop

tear, teardrop - a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"

raindrop - a drop of rain

small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

droplet - a tiny drop

eyedrop, eye-drop - a drop from an eye dropper

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