Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tiny falling drop of liquid.
- noun A small amount or portion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small piece or part; any inconsiderable part of a whole: as, the money was paid in driblets; the food was doled out in driblets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
portion orpart . - noun A small or petty sum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It was nothing short of a miracle, an Elf offering to tell him everything without having to coax it out, driblet by driblet!
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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The questions immediately posed to us by this nasty driblet of history are clear: Who was crazy?
Dan Agin: A Demon in the Head I: Madness and Murderous Violence 2009
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Edgar noticed that Clyde was wearing a necktie with a driblet design.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Edgar noticed that Clyde was wearing a necktie with a driblet design.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Edgar noticed that Clyde was wearing a necktie with a driblet design.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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It was nothing short of a miracle, an Elf offering to tell him everything without having to coax it out, driblet by driblet!
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With this driblet in the tide Herod held Qushmarrah.
The Tower of Fear Cook, Glen 1989
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A driblet of water emerged from the spring to flow along a winding channel and finally trickle down into the chasm.
A Spell For Chameleon Anthony, Piers 1977
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A driblet of water emerged from the spring to flow along a winding channel and finally trickle down into the chasm.
A Spell For Chameleon Anthony, Piers 1977
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It's miles wide, you see, at the entrance, but later on it is split into two by the Hohenhörn bank: then it gets shallow and very complicated, and ends in a mere tidal driblet with another name.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
skipvia commented on the word driblet
See aphorism.
October 14, 2007