Ribbed vs Dribbed - What's the difference?
ribbed | dribbed |
Having ribs.
(mining) intercalated with slate; said of a seam of coal
(rib)
(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 ribbed and dribbed
is that ribbed is (rib) while dribbed is (drib).As an adjective ribbed
is having ribs.ribbed
English
Adjective
(head)- (Raymond)
Derived terms
* ribbed vaultVerb
(head)Anagrams
* *dribbed
English
Verb
(head)drib
English
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)
