dribn.

Etymology: < drib v., or perhaps more immediately deduced < dribble, driblet, which appear much earlier.

Scottish and dialect.

A drop, a petty or inconsiderable quantity; a driblet n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a trifling amount

dribbling1661

trifle1722

dab1729

dribc1730

smatters1766

penny number1845

diddly1964

c1730 A. Ramsay Ode from Horace That mutchkin-stoup it hauds but dribs.

a1745 J. Swift On Gibbs' Ps. (T.) Do not, I pray thee, paper stain With rhymes retail'd in dribbs.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 172 And gust our gabs wi' dribs o' wine.

1862 Lincoln Let. to McClellan 25 May in Raymond Life (1864) 241 We are sending such regiments and dribs from here and Baltimore as we can spare to Harper's Ferry.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Drib, a very small quantity of anything.

Draft additions 1993

b. (in or by) dribs and drabs, (in) small and intermittent sums or amounts. Cf. drab n.¹ 4. colloquial and dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [phrase] > piecemeal

by piecemealc1325

piece by piecea1500

piece and piecea1522

by lumps1576

in piecemeal1693

in piecemeals1715

(in or by) dribs and drabs1809

1809 E. Weeton Let. 17 Mar. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 158 Whether it be better to have a little [news] and often, or a great deal and seldom, I leave to your better judgment to determine... You may have it in dribs and drabs if you like it better.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 190/1 None of us save money; it goes either in a lump, if we get a lump, or in dribs and drabs.

1888 Daily News 19 Apr. 3/5 It [the payment] was received in dribs and drabs.

1897 G. Bartram People of Clopton vii. 205 They on'y let he hev' it by dribs an' draabs.

1948 ‘H. Green’ Concluding 123 They entered by dribs and drabs, lazily, slack.

1959 News Chron. 5 Oct. 3/3 I've still only got dribs and drabs of information.

1985 L. Hudson Night Life vii. 77 We see an established poet lapsing for a period of a decade into depression, his work coming only in dribs and drabs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

† dribv.

Etymology: apparently an onomatopoeic formation arising out of drip v. or drop v., the modified consonant expressing a modification of the notion.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To fall in drops; figurative, to go on little by little.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > proceed gradually

drib1523

1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 160 Suche drybbing warre, as hit hitherto hathe ben made by the said Princes.

2. ? To dribble, to slaver.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > slaver [verb (intransitive)]

drivelOE

slaverc1325

slobberc1400

drib1523

slabber1648

dribble1673

drool1810

slubberc1820

slob1860

slaum1911

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. C.ij Dasyng after dotrellis lyke drunkardis y^t dribbis.

3. transitive.

a. To let fall or utter as in driblets.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > carefully or with restraint

drib1533

mincea1616

venture1638

offer1881

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. viii. f. l^v In the secunde syde of the xxvi. lefe, he drybbeth in a worde of spyrytuall dygnite.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 71 Prouerbes..which those that haue bitten with ill bargaines of either sort, haue dribd forth in reuenge.

b. To let fall in drops or driblets.

ΚΠ

1682 T. Southerne Loyal Brother Prol. There's not a Butcher's Wife but Dribs her part, And pities the poor Pageant from her heart.

c. ‘To crop; to cut off, to defalcate. A cant word.’ (Johnson)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > embezzle or misappropriate [verb (transitive)] > rob by

depeculatea1641

drib1693

peculate1715

1693 C. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vii. 140 Merchants Gains come short, of half the Mart, For he who drives their Bargains, dribs a part.

d. To lead one little by little into something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > gradually

driba1700

a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Art of Love (1709) i. 32 With daily Lies she dribs thee into Cost; That Ear-ring dropt a Stone, that Ring is lost.

4. transitive. To shoot (an arrow) so that it falls short or wide of the mark.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > practise archery [verb (transitive)] > shoot arrow in specific way

overshoota1500

drib1545

dribble1567

rove1581

1545 [see dribber n. at Derivatives].

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiii. f. 158 Beehold how hee..dribs his arrowes vp and downe At birds.

1572 T. Churchyard in J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde To Rdr. sig. bi At rouers they but shot theyr Shafts, and dribbed wyde a skore.

1592 J. Lyly Gallathea iii. iv. sig. E2^v O Venus..well shalt thou know what it is to drib thine arrowes vp and downe Dianaes leies.

Derivatives

dribbed adj.

ˈdribbing adj.

ΚΠ

1523Drybbing [see sense 1].

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 1 Not at first sight, nor with a dribbing shot Loue gaue the wound.

ˈdribber n. one who dribs his arrows.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archer > one who misses mark

dribber1545

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 44 So if a man be..neuer so wel taught in his youth to shote, yet if he giue it ouer, and not vse to shote..he shalbe come of a fayre archer, a stark squyrter and dribber.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	drib
释义	dribn. Etymology: < drib v., or perhaps more immediately deduced < dribble, driblet, which appear much earlier. Scottish and dialect. A drop, a petty or inconsiderable quantity; a driblet n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a trifling amount dribbling1661 trifle1722 dab1729 dribc1730 smatters1766 penny number1845 diddly1964 c1730 A. Ramsay Ode from Horace That mutchkin-stoup it hauds but dribs. a1745 J. Swift On Gibbs' Ps. (T.) Do not, I pray thee, paper stain With rhymes retail'd in dribbs. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 172 And gust our gabs wi' dribs o' wine. 1862 Lincoln Let. to McClellan 25 May in Raymond Life (1864) 241 We are sending such regiments and dribs from here and Baltimore as we can spare to Harper's Ferry. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Drib, a very small quantity of anything. Draft additions 1993 b. (in or by) dribs and drabs, (in) small and intermittent sums or amounts. Cf. drab n.¹ 4. colloquial and dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [phrase] > piecemeal by piecemealc1325 piece by piecea1500 piece and piecea1522 by lumps1576 in piecemeal1693 in piecemeals1715 (in or by) dribs and drabs1809 1809 E. Weeton Let. 17 Mar. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 158 Whether it be better to have a little [news] and often, or a great deal and seldom, I leave to your better judgment to determine... You may have it in dribs and drabs if you like it better. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 190/1 None of us save money; it goes either in a lump, if we get a lump, or in dribs and drabs. 1888 Daily News 19 Apr. 3/5 It [the payment] was received in dribs and drabs. 1897 G. Bartram People of Clopton vii. 205 They on'y let he hev' it by dribs an' draabs. 1948 ‘H. Green’ Concluding 123 They entered by dribs and drabs, lazily, slack. 1959 News Chron. 5 Oct. 3/3 I've still only got dribs and drabs of information. 1985 L. Hudson Night Life vii. 77 We see an established poet lapsing for a period of a decade into depression, his work coming only in dribs and drabs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † dribv. Etymology: apparently an onomatopoeic formation arising out of drip v. or drop v., the modified consonant expressing a modification of the notion. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To fall in drops; figurative, to go on little by little. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > proceed gradually drib1523 1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 160 Suche drybbing warre, as hit hitherto hathe ben made by the said Princes. 2. ? To dribble, to slaver. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > slaver [verb (intransitive)] drivelOE slaverc1325 slobberc1400 drib1523 slabber1648 dribble1673 drool1810 slubberc1820 slob1860 slaum1911 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. C.ij Dasyng after dotrellis lyke drunkardis y^t dribbis. 3. transitive. a. To let fall or utter as in driblets. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > carefully or with restraint drib1533 mincea1616 venture1638 offer1881 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. viii. f. l^v In the secunde syde of the xxvi. lefe, he drybbeth in a worde of spyrytuall dygnite. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 71 Prouerbes..which those that haue bitten with ill bargaines of either sort, haue dribd forth in reuenge. b. To let fall in drops or driblets. ΚΠ 1682 T. Southerne Loyal Brother Prol. There's not a Butcher's Wife but Dribs her part, And pities the poor Pageant from her heart. c. ‘To crop; to cut off, to defalcate. A cant word.’ (Johnson) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > embezzle or misappropriate [verb (transitive)] > rob by depeculatea1641 drib1693 peculate1715 1693 C. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vii. 140 Merchants Gains come short, of half the Mart, For he who drives their Bargains, dribs a part. d. To lead one little by little into something. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > gradually driba1700 a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Art of Love (1709) i. 32 With daily Lies she dribs thee into Cost; That Ear-ring dropt a Stone, that Ring is lost. 4. transitive. To shoot (an arrow) so that it falls short or wide of the mark. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > practise archery [verb (transitive)] > shoot arrow in specific way overshoota1500 drib1545 dribble1567 rove1581 1545 [see dribber n. at Derivatives]. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiii. f. 158 Beehold how hee..dribs his arrowes vp and downe At birds. 1572 T. Churchyard in J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde To Rdr. sig. bi At rouers they but shot theyr Shafts, and dribbed wyde a skore. 1592 J. Lyly Gallathea iii. iv. sig. E2^v O Venus..well shalt thou know what it is to drib thine arrowes vp and downe Dianaes leies. Derivatives dribbed adj. ˈdribbing adj. ΚΠ 1523Drybbing [see sense 1]. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 1 Not at first sight, nor with a dribbing shot Loue gaue the wound. ˈdribber n. one who dribs his arrows. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archer > one who misses mark dribber1545 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 44 So if a man be..neuer so wel taught in his youth to shote, yet if he giue it ouer, and not vse to shote..he shalbe come of a fayre archer, a stark squyrter and dribber. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1730v.1523
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