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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.

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Narrower term 4

Droplet 76% connected

A little drop; a tear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eyedrop 76% connected

A tear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raindrop 76% connected

A drop of rain.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tear 76% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 74% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drop 74% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Droplet 74% connected

A little drop; a tear.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Droplet 74% connected

A little drop; a tear.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Drib 92% connected

To do by little and little

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drop 92% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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