Definition of "dribs" [dribs]

• Plural form of drib. (noun)

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• "Bush had kept this claimed power obscured, letting it out in dribs and drabs of directed leaks, and hints and winks in public statements; but Obama has taken us beyond that, to the open declaration and institutional entrenchment of the principle of death without due process for citizens."
• "I had finished the first 100 pages by 1998, writing it in dribs and drabs."
• "True Mr. Obama has removed troops in dribs and drabs, we still have 124,000 US military in the country."