Past tense of 'drib'; dropped or dripped in small amounts, or moved slowly and irregularly.
Regular past tense formation from 'drib,' formed by adding '-ed.' Maintains the stem from Middle English origins while following standard English verb conjugation rules.
The '-bb-' in 'dribbed' is a spelling rule in English—when a one-syllable word ends in vowel-consonant and you add '-ed,' you double the final consonant, which is why 'drib' becomes 'dribbed,' not 'dribed.'
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