Dribble \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.
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2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
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3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of
love." --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
error for dribbing.]
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4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble[2]
the ball.
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5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t.
1. To let fall in drops.
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Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs.
-- Swift.
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2. In basketball and various other games, to propel (the
ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it
always in control.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dribble \Drib"ble\, n.
1. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
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2. An act of dribbling[2] a ball.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dribble
n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: drip,
trickle]
2: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: drool, drivel, slobber]
3: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [syn: dribbling]
v 1: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream;
"water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose";
"reports began to dribble in" [syn: trickle, filter]
2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
mixture" [syn: drip, drop]
3: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: carry]
4: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: drivel,
drool, slabber, slaver, slobber]
WordNet (r) 2.0
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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