drabble

ˈdræb.əl

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Definition of drabble - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

short story

Rare

story or exercise using exactly 100 words

Rare

I wrote a drabble for the contest.

microfiction

Verb

cleanliness

tr.

Dated

wet or dirty by dragging through mud

tr.

Dated

He drabbled his shoes in the muddy field.

saturate

soak

fishing

intr.

Dated

fish using a long line and rod

intr.

Dated

They drabbled for hours without catching anything.

angling

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Origin of drabble

Old English, drabbe (mud)

Examples of drabble in a sentence

She submitted a drabble to the flash fiction contest.
The dog drabbled its paws in the puddle.
Children love to drabble their clothes in the rain.
The fishermen drabbled along the riverbank all day.
She learned to drabble from her grandfather on weekends.

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French:drabble, salir, ...
German:Drabble, beschmutzen, ...
Italian:microstoria, infangare, ...
Spanish:drabble, ensuciar, ...
Portuguese:drabble, sujar, ...
Chinese:微型小说, 弄脏, ...
Japanese:100語小説, 汚す, ...
Arabic:قصة قصيرة من مئة كلمة, وَسَّخَ, ...
Hebrew:דְרַבֶּל, לְלַכְלֵךְ בַּבּוֹץ, ...
Russian:драббл, испачкать, ...
Ukrainian:драбл, забруднювати, ...
Hindi:सौ-शब्द कथा, घसीटना, ...
Bengali:ড্রাবল, ভিজিয়ে ফেলা, ...
Catalan:drabble, embrutar, ...
Czech:drabble, zamazat, ...
Danish:drabble, søle til, ...
Dutch:drabble, slepen, ...
Greek:δραμπλ, λερώνω, ...
Hungarian:drabble, összesározni, ...
Khmer:រឿងខ្លីដែលមានពាក្យចំនួនមួយរយពាក្យពិតប្រាកដ, ធ្វើឱ្យប្រឡាក់ភក់, ...
Korean:드라블, 질질 끌다, ...
Persian:داستان کوتاه, کثیف کرد, ...
Polish:opowiadanie na 100 słów, ubrudzić, ...
Portuguese (BR):microconto, sujar, ...
Romanian:micro-poveste, a murdări, ...
Swedish:hundraordsnovell, smutsa ner, ...
Thai:แดร็บเบิล, ทำให้เปียก, ...
Turkish:kısa öykü, kirletmek, ...
Vietnamese:truyện 100 từ, làm bẩn, ...

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