drab·ble (drăb′əl) tr. & intr.v. drab·bled ,
drab·bling ,
drab·bles To make or become wet and soiled by dragging; draggle.
[Middle English drabelen .]
drabble (ˈdræbəl ) vb to make or become wet or dirty
[C14: from Low German drabbelen to paddle in mud; related to drab2 ]
Drabble (ˈdræbəl ) n (Biography) Dame Margaret. born 1939, British novelist and editor. Her novels include The Needle's Eye (1972), The Radiant Way (1987), and The Seven Sisters (2002). She edited the 1985 edition of the Oxford Companion to Literature
drab•ble (ˈdræb əl) v.t., v.i. -bled, -bling. to make or become wet and dirty; draggle.
[1350–1400; Middle English drabelen < Middle Low German drabbeln to wade in liquid mud, bespatter <drabbe liquid mud]
Drab•ble (ˈdræb əl) n. Margaret, born 1939, English novelist (sister of A.S. Byatt).
drabble Past participle: drabbledGerund: drabblingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I drabble you drabble he/she/it drabbles we drabble you drabble they drabble
Preterite I drabbled you drabbled he/she/it drabbled we drabbled you drabbled they drabbled
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
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
Future I will drabble you will drabble he/she/it will drabble we will drabble you will drabble they will drabble
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 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
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
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
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
Conditional I would drabble you would drabble he/she/it would drabble we would drabble you would drabble they would drabble
Past Conditional I would have drabbled you would have drabbled he/she/it would have drabbled we would have drabbled you would have drabbled they would have drabbled