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Meanings of driblet in English

Portuguese
lágrima
Catalan
gota
Spanish
gota

A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

lágrima
Synonyms
Examples for "drop"
Examples for "drop"
1
That tinkering saw the support for 'yes' drop to 49 per cent.
News.com.au
2
However, he decided to drop out in 1981 during his second year.
The South African
3
For different reasons, both parties are likely to see their vote drop.
The Guardian
4
The fight to pressure the state to drop the case is on.
Ebony
5
She did, however, drop a hint about a possible new television role.
The Guardian
1
This little drib of railroad stock is all that my girls have left out of what their father willed them.
The Grafters
2
Dee'll drib d' English into d' sea, and wese t' hab ouh freedom,-ouhfreedom an' plenty lan' t' lib on.
A Soldier of Virginia: A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock...
3
The figures have been coming out in dribs and drabs since April.
The Irish Times
4
Slowly, in dribs and drabs, James learned the history of Night Quidditch.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
5
Well, there were still dribs and drabs coming in throughout January and February.
The Irish Times
Usage of driblet in English
1
They were a driblet of two hundred thousand such wretches who overran and menaced the city, a product of the dense illiteracy of the time.
The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
2
She tied the ships to harbour by supplying the stores in driblets.
Sea-Power and Other Studies
3
But they came in by driblets, and most of them were drunk.
The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760
4
The electors will better stand a crushing blow than coercion by driblets.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
5
I suppose you prefer theft on a small scale, stealing by driblets.
File No. 113
6
Something hanging from his mouth spilled driblets of blood to the floor.
The strain
7
The water was treasured like gold and served out in driblets.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
8
Wayland poured the last very driblets of water sediments from the skin bag.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
9
It is these little driblets, distributed among too many, that do the harm.
Howards End
10
That illustrates perfectly Grim's way of letting out information in driblets.
The Lion of Petra
11
The men did not come in a body but by driblets.
"Contemptible", by "Casualty"
12
And if raised in driblets, on what will it be spent?
Against Home Rule (1912) / The Case for the Union
13
It has never paid yet to take life in driblets.
The Vultures
14
To dole out military appropriations in driblets is to invite disaster and ultimate bankruptcy.
Forty-Six Years in the Army
15
He releases THB in driblets and is nearly halfway done.
Wired
16
But poor driblets of lyrical praise should not be their sole guerdon, I guess.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 13, 1892
Frequent collocations
Translations for driblet
Portuguese
lágrima
Catalan
gota
Spanish
gota
Driblet through the time