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v. t. To dribble upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. (Archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A drop. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a small portion or small amount of anything; -- used mostly in the phrase dribs and drabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.

(c) To lead along step by step; to entice. [ 1913 Webster ]

With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dribbled p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing ] [ Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip. ] 1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fall weakly and slowly. [ Obs. ] “The dribbling dart of love.” Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2). [ Perhaps an error for dribbing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble{ 2 } the ball. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. 1. To let fall in drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In basketball and various other games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act of dribbling{ 2 } a ball. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who dribbles.

{ } n. [ From Dribble. ] A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. [ 1913 Webster ]

When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quadri- + basic. ] (Chem.) Same as Tetrabasic. [ 1913 Webster ]