(adj) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture, Syn.withered, sere, sear, shrivelled, shriveled, Example: dried-up grass; the desert was edged with sere vegetation; shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings; withered vines
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dribbed p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing. ] [ Cf. Drip. ] To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. [ 1913 Webster ]
He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice. [ 1913 Webster ]
With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. In basketball and various other games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dribbled p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing ] [ Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip. ] 1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To fall weakly and slowly. [ Obs. ] “The dribbling dart of love.” Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2). [ Perhaps an error for dribbing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble{ 2 } the ball. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
{ } n. [ From Dribble. ] A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. [ 1913 Webster ]
When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
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