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drib

n.
drib Archaic Dialect
Synonyms
Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From a variant of drip.

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