drabs
/D R AE1 B Z/- 1
(by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
- 2
A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
- 3
The color of this fabric.
- 4
Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.
- 5
(chiefly transgender slang) An instance of a transgender or non-binary person presenting as the gender corresponding to their sex assigned at birth instead of that corresponding to their internal gender identity (most commonly a trans woman dressed as a man).
- 6
(dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.
- 7
(dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
- 8
A small amount, especially of money.
- 9
(obsolete, slang) Poison.
- 10
A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
- 1
(by extension) Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting.
- 2
Of the color of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun.
- 1
(intransitive, obsolete) To consort with prostitutes; to whore.
- 2
(obsolete, slang) To poison.
Translate โdrabsโ into another language
Choose a language below to open the translator with English selected as the source language.