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   Drib·ble

   /ˈdrib(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream: "rain dribbled down the window" Similar trickledripfall in dropsdropdrizzleleakoozeexudeseep
   • ▪ pour (a liquid) slowly in drops or a thin stream: "he dribbled cream into his coffee"
   • ▪ allow saliva to run from the mouth: "his mouth was open and he was dribbling" Similar droolslaverslobbersalivatedrivelwater at the mouthslabber
   • 2. (chiefly in soccer, field hockey, and basketball) take (the ball) forward past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing: "he attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area"

   noun

   • 1. a thin stream of liquid; a trickle: "a dribble of blood" Similar trickledripdribletsmall streamdrizzledropdashspotsmearsplashspecklick
   • ▪ saliva running from the mouth: "there was dribble down his chin" Similar salivaspittlespitslaverslobberdrool
   • 2. (in soccer, hockey, and basketball) an act or instance of taking the ball forward with repeated slight touches or bounces.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of drip. The original sense was ‘shoot an arrow short or wide of its target’, which was also a sense of drib.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dribbler noun
   • 2. dribbly adjective

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