dribble

[drib·ble]

A dribble is a slow, steady flow of water. Or, if you are a basketball player, you dribble the ball to make your way towards the basket.

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To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

Noun
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks

Noun
saliva spilling from the mouth

Noun
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there''s a drip through the roof"

Verb
let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"

Verb
propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"

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Verb
let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"

Verb
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"

v. i.
To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

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

v. i.
To fall weakly and slowly.

v. t.
To let fall in drops.

n.
A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.

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. 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.]

Dribble

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

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

Dribble

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

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

To let fall in drops.

A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.

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Usage Examples

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I heard about the project over a year before we began. My American agent said, 'Oh, you might want to read 'In Cold Blood' because they're talking about you for Capote, but the script's with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn at the moment.' So, these things take their time to dribble down the food chain.