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  1. transitive and intransitive verb To make or become wet and soiled by dragging; draggle.

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  • Gilbertson took us through various issues with a Doctor Who drabble: access is clear, but is there substantial similarity?
  • Now, I move forward in my little drabble concerning history. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • Even shorter than flash fiction, a drabble tries to tell a story in exactly 100 words, with a proper beginning, middle, and end. —  mental_floss Blog
  • Slightly longer than the drabble, but shorter than flash fiction, we have nano fiction, sometimes called micro fiction, usually weighing in at about 500 words. —  mental_floss Blog
  • We encourage all of our writers (and readers, too!) to participate, be it in drabble form, fanart form, ficlet, fic or full length epic style novel (especially because it's National Novel Writing Month). —  Twisting The Hellmouth: News
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English drabelen.

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  1. from ME drabelen, drablen, also dravelen (and in comp. bedrabelen, bidravelen, bedrabble), slabber, soil, drabble, = Low German drabbeln, slaver, dribble, = Danish drœve, twaddle, drivel. Another form of drivel and dribble. Prob. ult. connected with drab.
  2. from drabble, v.
 

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/ˈdræbl/
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