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English
Etymology
drib + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix)
Pronunciation
Verb
dribble (third-person singular simple present dribbles, present participle dribbling, simple past and past participle dribbled)
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
- To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
The baby dribbled onto its bib.
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “Directions to Servants”, in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, , new edition, volume XVI, London: J 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
- (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
Descendants
Translations
to let saliva drip from the mouth
to fall in drops or an unsteady stream
to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it
to let something fall in drips
Noun
dribble (countable and uncountable, plural dribbles)
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
Derived terms
Translations
act of kicking or bouncing a ball
Related terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English dribble.
Pronunciation
Noun
dribble m (plural dribbles)
- (sports) dribble
Verb
dribble
- inflection of dribbler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Verb
dribble
- inflection of dribbeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I