drib

[drib]

noun

1. a small or minute quantity; bit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drib¹

First recorded in 1720–30; back formation from driblet

Example Sentences

"We've been going for the past 20 years or so. We normally book a year ahead then save up in dribs and drabs," she said.

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Hopefully, more will come in, because they tend to come in in dribs and drabs over the first few months of the year.

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“It took us two years to do 19 episodes. They would pick us up — six here, five there — in these little dribs and drabs. It was very, very difficult,” Herskovitz said.

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And it's not until more trickles of information started pouring out in dribs and drabs that I started to wonder, "What's the bigger story here, and what actually happened?"

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From there, the hacked emails were released by WikiLeaks in dribs and drabs.

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