dribble
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
dribble (dribbles, present participle dribbling; past and past participle dribbled)
- To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
dribble
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable) In sport(s), the act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- crossover dribble
- double dribble
- dribble glass
- dribble penetration
- dribbly
- kill one's dribble
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