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Dribbing
(gcide) | Dribble \Drib"ble\, 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.
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2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
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3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of
love." --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
error for dribbing.]
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4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble[2]
the ball.
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5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
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Dribbing
(gcide) | Drib \Drib\, 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.
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He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
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With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --
Dryden.
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dribbing
(gcide) | Dribble \Drib"ble\, 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.
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2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
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3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of
love." --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
error for dribbing.]
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4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble[2]
the ball.
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5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Drib \Drib\, 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.
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He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
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With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --
Dryden.
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