drib









drib


drib [drib] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. a small or minute quantity; bit.

Origin of drib First recorded in 1720–30; back formation from driblet Examples from the Web for drib Historical Examples of drib

  • Drib′bler; Drib′let, Drib′blet, a small drop: a small quantity.

    Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)

    Various

  • Word Origin and History for drib n.

    “drop,” c.1730, Scottish, perhaps from dribble.

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