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Dribble

Dribble Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dribble? [n] the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [n] saliva spilling from the mouth [n] flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [v] let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [v] move, as in hockey or soccer; "Carry the ball" [v] let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" [v] run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream; "reports began to dribble in." Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dribble: carry \| dribbling \| drip \| drip \| drivel \| drivel \| drool \| drool \| filter \| slabber \| slaver \| slobber \| slobber \| trickle \| trickle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dribble: ace \| atom \| bit \| condensation \| condense \| dab \| distill \| distillation \| dole \| dot \| dram \| driblet \| drip \| dripping \| drippings \| dripple \| drivel \| drool \| drop \| dwarf \| expectorate \| expectoration \| farthing \| filter \| fleck \| flyspeck \| foam \| fragment \| froth \| gobbet \| grain \| granule \| groat \| gurgle \| hair \| handful \| hawk \| iota \| jot \| leach \| leaching \| leak \| leak out \| leakage \| leaking \| little \| little bit \| lixiviate \| lixiviation \| minim \| minimum \| minutiae \| mite \| modicum \| molecule \| mote \| mouth-watering \| nutshell \| ounce \| particle \| pebble \| percolate \| percolation \| pinch \| pittance \| point \| ptyalism \| saliva \| salivate \| salivation \| scrimption \| scruple \| seep \| seepage \| seeping \| sialagogue \| slabber \| slaver \| slobber \| smidgen \| smitch \| speck \| spew \| spit \| spittle \| spoonful \| spot \| spurtle \| sputum \| sweat \| sweating \| thimbleful \| tiny bit \| tittle \| trickle \| tricklet \| trifling amount \| trill \| trivia \| weep \| whit See Also \| actuation \| association football \| basketball \| basketball game \| course \| drool over \| flow \| flow \| flowing \| hit \| intravenous drip \| leach \| percolate \| pour \| propulsion \| run \| saliva \| salivate \| slobber over \| soccer \| spit \| spittle Dribble In Webster's Dictionary \Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dribbing}.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.] 1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves. 2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel. 3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] ``The dribbling dart of love.'' --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for {dribbing}.] \Drib"ble\, v. t. To let fall in drops. Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. -- Swift. \Drib"ble\, n. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.] \Drib"ble\, v. t. In various games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control. \Drib"ble\, v. i. 1. In football and similar games, to dribble the ball. 2. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion. \Drib"ble\, n. An act of dribbling a ball.

Dribble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dribble?

[n] the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
[n] saliva spilling from the mouth
[n] flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
[v] let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"
[v] move, as in hockey or soccer; "Carry the ball"
[v] let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"
[v] run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream; "reports began to dribble in."

Dribble In Webster's Dictionary

\Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dribbing}.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]
1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession
   of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.

3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] ``The dribbling dart of
   love.'' --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
   error for {dribbing}.]


\Drib"ble\, v. t.
To let fall in drops.

      Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. --
                                               Swift.


\Drib"ble\, n.
A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]


\Drib"ble\, v. t.
In various games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight
hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control.


\Drib"ble\, v. i.
1. In football and similar games, to dribble the ball.

2. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.


\Drib"ble\, n.
An act of dribbling a ball.

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