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drib.

To cut off; chop off.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdɹɪb/
  1. To cut off; chop off.

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

    transitive
  3. To entice step by step.

    transitive
  4. To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.

  5. To shoot directly at short range.

    transitive
  6. To shoot at a mark at short range.

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

    transitive
  8. To beat; thrash; drub.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  9. To scold.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  10. To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/ˈdɹɪb/
  1. A drop.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From a variant of drip.

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