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Added 10 October 2026

drib

/ˈdɹɪb/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about drib at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid).
he had a drop too much to drink

Origin

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”).

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