Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to drib
Participle: dribbed
Gerund: dribbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | drib |
| you | drib |
| he;she;it | dribs |
| we | drib |
| you | drib |
| they | drib |
Perfect
| I | have dribbed |
| you | have dribbed |
| he;she;it | has dribbed |
| we | have dribbed |
| you | have dribbed |
| they | have dribbed |
Past
| I | dribbed |
| you | dribbed |
| he;she;it | dribbed |
| we | dribbed |
| you | dribbed |
| they | dribbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dribbed |
| you | had dribbed |
| he;she;it | had dribbed |
| we | had dribbed |
| you | had dribbed |
| they | had dribbed |
Future
| I | will drib |
| you | will drib |
| he;she;it | will drib |
| we | will drib |
| you | will drib |
| they | will drib |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dribbed |
| you | will have dribbed |
| he;she;it | will have dribbed |
| we | will have dribbed |
| you | will have dribbed |
| they | will have dribbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | drib |
| you | drib |
| he;she;it | drib |
| we | drib |
| you | drib |
| they | drib |
Perfect
| I | have dribbed |
| you | have dribbed |
| he;she;it | have dribbed |
| we | have dribbed |
| you | have dribbed |
| they | have dribbed |
Imperfect
| I | dribbed |
| you | dribbed |
| he;she;it | dribbed |
| we | dribbed |
| you | dribbed |
| they | dribbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dribbed |
| you | had dribbed |
| he;she;it | had dribbed |
| we | had dribbed |
| you | had dribbed |
| they | had dribbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would drib |
| you | would drib |
| he;she;it | would drib |
| we | would drib |
| you | would drib |
| they | would drib |
Perfect
| I | would have dribbed |
| you | would have dribbed |
| he;she;it | would have dribbed |
| we | would have dribbed |
| you | would have dribbed |
| they | would have dribbed |
Imperative
| you | drib |
| we | Let's drib |
| you | drib |
Verbs conjugated like 'drib'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'drib'
crib,
dib,
drab,
drie,
drip,
drub,
rib,
trib,
adlib,
arb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”). See: Middle English '
drepen', Old English '
drepan', Proto-Germanic '
*drepaną'.
Verbs referencing "drib"
Luxembourgish
treffen, Norwegian
treffe.
Sample Sentences
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With daily Lies ſhe dribs thee into Coſt; / That Ear-ring dropt a Stone, that Ring is loſt: / They often borrow what they never pay; / What e'er you lend her think it thrown away. [a. 1701, [John] Dryden, “Book I”, in Ovid, Ovid’s Art of Love. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 32:]
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He who drives their bargains dribs a part. [1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Charles Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Seventh Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:]
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Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […] (The New Arcadia) [c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 2, page 519:]