Drubbed vs Dribbed - What's the difference?
drubbed | dribbed |
(drub)
to beat (someone or something) with a stick
to forcefully teach something
to defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush
to criticize harshly; to excoriate
(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 drubbed and dribbed
is that drubbed is (drub) while dribbed is (drib).drubbed
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(head)drub
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Anagrams
*dribbed
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(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)