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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DRABBLE

From Low German drabbelen to paddle in mud; related to drab².
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DRABBLE

drabble  [ˈdræbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRABBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drabble is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb drabble in English.

WHAT DOES DRABBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Drabble

A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length, not necessarily including the title. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extremely confined space.

Definition of drabble in the English dictionary

The definition of drabble in the dictionary is to make or become wet or dirty.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DRABBLE

PRESENT

Present
I drabble
you drabble
he/she/it drabbles
we drabble
you drabble
they drabble
Present continuous
I am drabbling
you are drabbling
he/she/it is drabbling
we are drabbling
you are drabbling
they are drabbling
Present perfect
I have drabbled
you have drabbled
he/she/it has drabbled
we have drabbled
you have drabbled
they have drabbled
Present perfect continuous
I have been drabbling
you have been drabbling
he/she/it has been drabbling
we have been drabbling
you have been drabbling
they have been drabbling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I drabbled
you drabbled
he/she/it drabbled
we drabbled
you drabbled
they drabbled
Past continuous
I was drabbling
you were drabbling
he/she/it was drabbling
we were drabbling
you were drabbling
they were drabbling
Past perfect
I had drabbled
you had drabbled
he/she/it had drabbled
we had drabbled
you had drabbled
they had drabbled
Past perfect continuous
I had been drabbling
you had been drabbling
he/she/it had been drabbling
we had been drabbling
you had been drabbling
they had been drabbling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will drabble
you will drabble
he/she/it will drabble
we will drabble
you will drabble
they will drabble
Future continuous
I will be drabbling
you will be drabbling
he/she/it will be drabbling
we will be drabbling
you will be drabbling
they will be drabbling
Future perfect
I will have drabbled
you will have drabbled
he/she/it will have drabbled
we will have drabbled
you will have drabbled
they will have drabbled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been drabbling
you will have been drabbling
he/she/it will have been drabbling
we will have been drabbling
you will have been drabbling
they will have been drabbling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would drabble
you would drabble
he/she/it would drabble
we would drabble
you would drabble
they would drabble
Conditional continuous
I would be drabbling
you would be drabbling
he/she/it would be drabbling
we would be drabbling
you would be drabbling
they would be drabbling
Conditional perfect
I would have drabble
you would have drabble
he/she/it would have drabble
we would have drabble
you would have drabble
they would have drabble
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been drabbling
you would have been drabbling
he/she/it would have been drabbling
we would have been drabbling
you would have been drabbling
they would have been drabbling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you drabble
we let´s drabble
you drabble
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to drabble
Past participle
drabbled
Present Participle
drabbling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRABBLE


babble
ˈbæbəl
bedabble
bɪˈdæbəl
brabble
ˈbræbəl
dabble
ˈdæbəl
gabble
ˈɡæbəl
grabble
ˈɡræbəl
hardscrabble
ˈhɑːdˌskræbəl
jabble
ˈdʒæbəl
psychobabble
ˈsaɪkəʊˌbæbəl
rabble
ˈræbəl
scabble
ˈskæbəl
scrabble
ˈskræbəl
shabble
ˈʃæbəl
techno-babble
ˈteknəʊbæbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRABBLE

drab
drabbed
drabber
drabbest
drabbet
drabbiness
drabbing
drabbish
drabbler
drabby
drabette
drably
drabness
drac
dracaena
drachm
drachma
drachmae
drack

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRABBLE

bobble
bubble
cobble
dribble
gobble
hobble
Hubble
nibble
nubble
pebble
quibble
rubble
scribble
scrobble
speech bubble
squabble
stubble
the rabble
wabble
wobble

Synonyms and antonyms of drabble in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drabble» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRABBLE

Find out the translation of drabble to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drabble from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drabble» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

德拉布尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Drabble
570 millions of speakers

English

drabble
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drabble
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

درابل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

испачкаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drabble
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লেপন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Drabble
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggerutu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drabble
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドラブル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drabble
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drabble
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீரில் நனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंटाळवाणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yerlere sürümek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infangare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Drabble
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забруднитися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

murdari cu noroi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Drabble
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vuil word
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Drabble
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Drabble
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drabble

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRABBLE»

The term «drabble» is very widely used and occupies the 12.726 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRABBLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drabble» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drabble» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drabble

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRABBLE»

Discover the use of drabble in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drabble and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Pure Gold Baby
But as it becomes clear that Anna will not be a normal child, the book circles questions of responsibility, potential, even age, with Margaret Drabble’s characteristic intelligence, sympathy, and wit.
Margaret Drabble, 2013
2
Feminine Sensibility in the Novels of Margaret Drabble: An ...
Her Heroines Are Occupied With The Difficulties Of Fulfilment And Self-Definition In A Man S World, The Conflicting Claims Of Self-Hood, Wife-Hood And Mother-Hood.The Present Book Concentrates Mainly On Those Novels Of Margaret Drabble ...
Suhasini Tapaswi, 2004
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The Millstone
Margaret Drabble’s affecting novel, set in London during the 1960s, about a casual love affair, an unplanned pregnancy, and one young woman’s decision to become a mother.
Margaret Drabble, 1998
4
Dr. Drabble's Spectacular Shrinker-Enlarger
An invention of Dr. Drabble teaches PJ and Chelsea a lesson about prejudice.
Sigmund Brouwer, Wayne Davidson, Bill Bell, 1994
5
Dr. Drabble's Remarkable Underwater Breathing Pills
Dr. Drabble's latest invention allows P.J. and Chelsea to breathe underwater and talk to fish.
Sigmund Brouwer, Wayne Davidson, Bill Bell, 1994
6
Fairy Tales and the Fiction of Iris Murdoch, Margaret ...
Fiander (English, U. of Alberta) examines themes that lurk beneath the uncensored versions of the Grimm brothers' fairy tales, and how those themes have informed the works of Murdoch, Drabble, and Byatt.
Lisa M. Fiander, 2004
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Dr. Drabble's Amazing Invisibility Mirror
Dr. Drabble has invented a mirror that makes PJ and Chelsea invisible - and the trot off to explore Japan. But they soon discover that being invisible has its drawbacks, and realize that taking without paying is always wrong.
Sigmund Brouwer, Wayne Davidson, 1992
8
Dr. Drabble's incredible identical robot innovation
PJ and Chelsea are going around the world in Dr. Drabble's Brilliant All-in-One Traveling Apparatus.
Sigmund Brouwer, Wayne Davidson, 1991
9
Margaret Drabble
Surveys the life and career of the English author and examines the themes of her major novels
Lynn Veach Sadler, 1986
10
Thatcherism and Literature: Representations of the "state of ...
Margaret Drabble: chronicler of Britain? If Margaret Drabble's novels from the 1970s and 1980s are to be given the status of what Sinfield calls 'interventions' in terms of their potential effect on opinion formation, it is crucial that the distribution  ...
Ruth Wittlinger, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRABBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drabble is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shirley Hughes: I hope books survive, they are wonderful pieces of …
Photograph: Emily Drabble. Emily Drabble Lottie Longshanks, Marsbar27, The Dixon Kings Readers and LivLoves2Read. @EmilyDrabs. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Howden Joinery Group plc: Notification of Board Appointment
Howden Joinery Group Plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoff Drabble as an independent Non-Executive Director. He will take ... «The Wall Street Transcript, Jul 15»
3
MTV Brand New Artist Spotlight: Set Mo
Sydney production duo Nick Drabble and Stu Turner are the guys behind Set Mo. The pair were both DJs in their own right before they came ... «MTV News Australia, Jul 15»
4
Buxton business duo to appear on hit Dave TV show Storage Hunters
Melissa Downhill and Mark Drabble run Tin Man Scrap and Derbyshire Reclamation, based in Harpur Hill. Earlier this year, the couple were ... «Buxton Advertiser, Jul 15»
5
Howden Joinery Group plc: Directorate Change
Howden Joinery Group Plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoff Drabble as an independent Non-Executive Director. He will take ... «The Wall Street Transcript, Jul 15»
6
Today In History
Author Margaret Drabble is 76. Country singer Don Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 70. Rock musician Fred Stone (AKA Fred Stewart) (Sly and ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
7
Tomas Maier Taps Jeurgen Teller to Shoot Fall Ad Campaign in the …
Models Anna Cleveland and Freddy Drabble pose next to a 19th-century boat-shaped bed that the occult-obsessed Mollino hoped would carry ... «Architectural Digest, Jul 15»
8
Ally Carter talks about her new Embassy Row series – children's …
Ally Carter and Emily Drabble (with thanks to Marsbar27, Afflictedbybooks, BookieCookie and Lifeissweetinbooks). Produced by Eva Krysiak. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Sunday scoreboard: Braves, Tom Sox and Turks all lose
Dillon Drabble gave up a hit in the eighth before finishing out the frame and Justin Flores pitched the ninth to get the save. He gave up a hit and ... «The Daily Progress, Jun 15»
10
For all their faults, you can rely on a sibling to be honest
Since then, for every Brontë family, sat writing around the Haworth parsonage table together, there is a Margaret Drabble and AS Byatt, who've ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

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