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Meanings of drib in английском

португальский
lágrima
каталонский
gota
испанский
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
        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
        Usage of drib in английском
        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
        6
        And certainly, some stock is coming through, but seemingly in dribs and drabs.
        News.com.au
        7
        It wasn't right at all, he was not one for dribs and drabs.
        The Slow Regard of Silent Things
        8
        By dribs and drabs, the casualties were starting to add up.
        Once bitten, twice dead
        9
        They get dribs and drabs of the funding at irregular intervals.
        The South African
        10
        All you've got is a few dribs and drabs of vintage.
        The devil's alphabet
        11
        They trickled over the Rockies in dribs and drabs, in wagons and coaches.
        Boneshaker
        12
        Songs of Leonard Cohen will be posted in dribs and drabs on Beck.com.
        The Irish Times
        13
        He is also urging the government not to release funding in 'dribs and drabs'.
        Radio NZ
        14
        Better to let it out in dribs and drabs, to the people I trust.
        The devil's alphabet
        15
        Other dribs and drabs have slunk out over the years, most of negligible interest.
        The Guardian
        16
        The experts were all convinced we should use barrels by dribs and drabs, too.
        American empire: blood and iron
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for drib
        португальский
        lágrima
        каталонский
        gota
        испанский
        gota
        Drib through the time