dribbing

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dribbing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dribble \Drib"ble\, 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.
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     2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
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     3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of
        love." --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
        error for dribbing.]
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     4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble[2]
        the ball.
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     5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
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  Drib \Drib\, 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.
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               He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden.
     (c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
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               With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. --
                                                    Dryden.
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