1. a small amount or quantity of liquid; a tiny stream or trickle
Usage: informal; often used in plural form
2. a small or insignificant amount of something
Usage: informal; figurative

Examples

• Water came out of the faucet in dribblets rather than a steady flow.
• The charity received only dribblets of donations this quarter.
• Rain fell in dribblets throughout the morning.
• He earned dribblets of income from his side projects.
• The leaky pipe produced dribblets of water all night.
• The company paid out the settlement in dribblets over several years.