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1.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
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DribDrib (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] [Cf. Drip.] To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.
DribDrib (?), v. t. & i. (Archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
DribDrib, n.
1. A drop. [Obs.] Swift.
2. a small portion or small amount of anything; -- used mostly in the phrase dribs and drabs.
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