drib

drib · verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*drepaną“to hit, strike”
2. Old English · inherited fromdrepan“to strike, kill, overcome”
3. Middle English · inherited fromdrepen“to hit, strike, slay”
4. English todaydrib

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”).

drib · noun²

From a variant of drip.

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