A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.
A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
A shape that is spherical and small.
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Examples for "drib "
Examples for "drib "
1 This little drib of railroad stock is all that my girls have left out of what their father willed them.
2 Dee'll drib d' English into d' sea, and wese t' hab ouh freedom,-ouhfreedom an' plenty lan' t' lib on.
3 The figures have been coming out in dribs and drabs since April.
4 Slowly, in dribs and drabs, James learned the history of Night Quidditch.
5 Well, there were still dribs and drabs coming in throughout January and February.
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.
2 She tied the ships to harbour by supplying the stores in driblets .
3 But they came in by driblets , and most of them were drunk.
4 The electors will better stand a crushing blow than coercion by driblets .
5 I suppose you prefer theft on a small scale, stealing by driblets .
Другие значения термина "drop" 1 That tinkering saw the support for 'yes' drop to 49 per cent.
2 However, he decided to drop out in 1981 during his second year.
3 For different reasons, both parties are likely to see their vote drop .
4 The fight to pressure the state to drop the case is on.
5 She did, however, drop a hint about a possible new television role.
6 China has seen a sharp drop in the number of new infections.
7 Some expect quarterly investment bank revenues to drop from a year ago.
8 Good young male-driven opening business this weekend looks to drop off rapidly.
9 Sri Lanka saw its cases drop to about a dozen every year.
10 A number of airports around the UK have free 10-minute drop - off points.
11 And some areas of the state haven't had a drop all year.
12 Daegu and Gyeongbuk province have seen a drop in new case numbers.
13 As a result, your plant may drop leaves soon after moving in.
14 The minister attributed the drop to new jobs in construction and industry.
15 Yet that drop in yield has dimmed government bonds' appeal, some say.
16 Royal Dutch Shell recently said it would drop explicit production growth targets.
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