Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fribble
Participle: fribbled
Gerund: fribbling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fribble |
| you | fribble |
| he;she;it | fribbles |
| we | fribble |
| you | fribble |
| they | fribble |
Perfect
| I | have fribbled |
| you | have fribbled |
| he;she;it | has fribbled |
| we | have fribbled |
| you | have fribbled |
| they | have fribbled |
Past
| I | fribbled |
| you | fribbled |
| he;she;it | fribbled |
| we | fribbled |
| you | fribbled |
| they | fribbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had fribbled |
| you | had fribbled |
| he;she;it | had fribbled |
| we | had fribbled |
| you | had fribbled |
| they | had fribbled |
Future
| I | will fribble |
| you | will fribble |
| he;she;it | will fribble |
| we | will fribble |
| you | will fribble |
| they | will fribble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fribbled |
| you | will have fribbled |
| he;she;it | will have fribbled |
| we | will have fribbled |
| you | will have fribbled |
| they | will have fribbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fribble |
| you | fribble |
| he;she;it | fribble |
| we | fribble |
| you | fribble |
| they | fribble |
Perfect
| I | have fribbled |
| you | have fribbled |
| he;she;it | have fribbled |
| we | have fribbled |
| you | have fribbled |
| they | have fribbled |
Imperfect
| I | fribbled |
| you | fribbled |
| he;she;it | fribbled |
| we | fribbled |
| you | fribbled |
| they | fribbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had fribbled |
| you | had fribbled |
| he;she;it | had fribbled |
| we | had fribbled |
| you | had fribbled |
| they | had fribbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fribble |
| you | would fribble |
| he;she;it | would fribble |
| we | would fribble |
| you | would fribble |
| they | would fribble |
Perfect
| I | would have fribbled |
| you | would have fribbled |
| he;she;it | would have fribbled |
| we | would have fribbled |
| you | would have fribbled |
| they | would have fribbled |
Imperative
| you | fribble |
| we | Let's fribble |
| you | fribble |
Verbs conjugated like 'fribble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fribble'
cribble,
dribble,
bibble,
brabble,
crabble,
dibble,
drabble,
fimble,
friggle,
frisbee,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Perhaps related to frivol.
Sample Sentences
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The parish districts--and especially their lady visitors--declared that they were neglected; the rector never got a quiet cup of tea in his own house, nor even a quiet placid moment; for the sounds of young people laughing and, as Mrs. Fretchett called it, "fribbling" upstairs would float down to him working in his study, and then he would pish and pshaw, and move his chair impatiently. [1897, Stanley John Weyman, “Archdeacon Hodden's Tribulation”, in For the Cause:]
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We dried in the sun on a boulder as warm as a dying stove, and fribbled and monkeyed with each other, priming for later. [1984, Guy Davenport, Apples and Pears:]