drib

1. (transitive) To cut off; chop off.transitive

2. (transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.transitive

3. (transitive) To entice step by step.Examples: "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."transitive

4. (transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.transitive

5. (intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.intransitive

6. (transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.Examples: "Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, / Love gave the wound […]"transitive