Definizione monolingua

drab

drab (third-person singular simple present drabs, present participle drabbing, simple past and past participle drabbed)

1. (obsolete) To consort with prostitutes.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, “act 2 scene 1 line 26”, in Hamlet:

     Quarrelling, drabbing - you may go so far.

   • 1907, Justin Huntly McCarthy, Needles and pins, page 82:

     He did not relish the apparition of that Katherine, for when it appeared it seemed to bring with it a brother shadow that wore ragged clothes and tangled hair and foul linen, that drank from any flagon and drabbed with any doxy, that slept in tavern angles through hours of drunkenness, a thing whose fingers pillaged, filched, and pilfered when and where they could, a creature that once he saw whenever he stared into a mirror.

drab (plural drabs)

1. A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab blee or colour.
2. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

drab (comparative drabber, superlative drabbest)

1. Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour.
   • 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, BBC Sport:

     In a drab first half, Ryan Shottons drive was deflected on to a post and Jon Walters twice went close.

Definizione dizionario drab

grigio

incolore

monotono

pallido

Altri significati:

dull, uninteresting

A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab blee or colour.

Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour.

A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

(dated) A slut (clarification of this English definition is being sought)

lewd wench

(obsolete) To consort with prostitutes.

(dated) A lewd wench; a strumpet; a prostitute.

dirty (looking)