Word Meanings - BEDRIBBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To dribble upon.

DRIBBLET; DRIBLET
A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. Burke.
DRIBBLE
Etym: 1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves. 2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel. 3. To fall weakly and slowly. "The dribbling dart of love." Shak. .
DRIBBLER
One who dribbles.
BEDRIBBLE
To dribble upon.