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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dribbing
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Drib v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.]  To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
    He who drives their bargain dribs a part.   --Dryden.
 (c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
    With daily lies she dribs thee into cost.   -- Dryden.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Drib·ble v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dribbled p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing ]
 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. [Obs.] “The dribbling dart of love.” --Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.]
 4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble2 the ball.
 5.  To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.