Dibbed vs Dribbed - What's the difference?
dibbed | dribbed |
(dib)
To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
A dibber (gardening tool)
One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
(scouting)
(drib)
To cut off; chop off.
To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
To entice step by step.
* Dryden
To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
* Dryden
(archery) To shoot directly at short range.
(archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.
(archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
To beat; thrash; drub.
To scold.
To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
As verbs the difference between dibbed and dribbed
is that dibbed is past tense of dib while dribbed is past tense of drib.dibbed
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Verb
(head)dib
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(wikipedia dib)Etymology 1
Verb
(dibb)See also
* dibbing * dibber * dibble * dibsNoun
(en noun)Etymology 2
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(dibb)Anagrams
* * ----dribbed
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Verb
(head)drib
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Etymology 1
From dialectal English drib (compare also drub), a variant from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(dribb)- With daily lies she dribs thee into cost.
- He who drives their bargain dribs a part.
- (Sir Philip Sidney)