English Dictionary

drib

/ˈdɹɪb/

verb

(transitive) To cut off; chop off. / (transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin. / (transitive) To entice step by step.

He used a sharp knife to drib the rope.

意味（1）

(transitive) To cut off; chop off.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(transitive) To entice step by step.

With daily Lies ſhe dribs thee into Coſt; / That Ear-ring dropt a Stone, that Ring is loſt: / They often borrow what they never pay; / What e'er you lend her think it thrown away.

意味（4）

To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.

He who drives their bargains dribs a part.

意味（5）

(transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.

意味（6）

(intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.

意味（7）

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

Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […]

意味（8）

(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.

意味（9）

(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal) To scold.

意味（10）

(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.