From drib + -le.

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/, /dɹɪ.bl̩/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/, /ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/

dribble (dribbles, present participle dribbling; simple past and past participle dribbled)

1. (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
2. To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

   The baby dribbled onto its bib.

3. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
4. (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
   • 1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “Directions to Servants”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XVI, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC ↗:

     let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room

5. (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
6. To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.

• French: baver
• German: sabbern, geifern
• Italian: sbavare
• Portuguese: babar
• Russian: пуска́ть слюни
• Spanish: babear

• French: goutter
• German: tropfen
• Italian: sbrodolare
• Portuguese: gotejar, pingar
• Spanish: gotear

• French: dribbler
• German: dribbeln
• Italian: dribblare
• Portuguese: driblar
• Spanish: regatear, gambetear, driblar, driblear

dribble

1. (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
2. (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
3. (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
4. (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
5. (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.

• French: bave
• Italian: bava

• French: goutte
• Italian: bava

• French: dribble
• German: Dribbeln, Dribbling
• Portuguese: drible
• Spanish: regate, gambeta

• crossover dribble
• double dribble
• dribble glass
• dribble penetration
• dribbly
• kill one's dribble