drib

English

/ˈdɹɪb/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To cut off; chop off.
  • (transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
  • (transitive) To entice step by step.
  • To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
  • (transitive) To shoot directly at short range.
  • (intransitive) To shoot at a mark at short range.
  • (transitive) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
  • (transitive) To beat; thrash; drub.
  • (transitive) To scold.
  • (transitive) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English drepen (strike, hit, slay) inherited from Old English drepan (strike, kill, overcome) inherited from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (strike, beat, hit, kill, push, slay, bump).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*drepaną

Gloss

strike, beat, hit, kill, push, slay, bump

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殺

Emoji

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