dribbler

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English

Etymology

From dribble +‎ -er.

Noun

dribbler (plural dribblers)

  1. A person who dribbles (salivates excessively).
  2. (sports) A person who performs dribbling.
  3. (slang, derogatory) A stupid person.
    • 2006, Clare Allan, Poppy Shakespeare, page 307:
      It weren't like I wanted to go to the meeting, I could think of plenty of stuff I'd rather than spending all evening sat in a room with the same bunch of dribblers I'd spent all fucking day with.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From English dribble.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁi.ble/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

dribbler

  1. (sports, transitive, intransitive) to dribble

Conjugation

Conjugation of dribbler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dribbler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dribblant
/dʁi.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dribblé
/dʁi.ble/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dribble
/dʁibl/ 		dribbles
/dʁibl/ 		dribble
/dʁibl/ 		dribblons
/dʁi.blɔ̃/ 		dribblez
/dʁi.ble/ 		dribblent
/dʁibl/
imperfect dribblais
/dʁi.blɛ/ 		dribblais
/dʁi.blɛ/ 		dribblait
/dʁi.blɛ/ 		dribblions
/dʁi.bli.jɔ̃/ 		dribbliez
/dʁi.bli.je/ 		dribblaient
/dʁi.blɛ/
past historic2 dribblai
/dʁi.ble/ 		dribblas
/dʁi.bla/ 		dribbla
/dʁi.bla/ 		dribblâmes
/dʁi.blam/ 		dribblâtes
/dʁi.blat/ 		dribblèrent
/dʁi.blɛʁ/
future dribblerai
/dʁi.blə.ʁe/ 		dribbleras
/dʁi.blə.ʁa/ 		dribblera
/dʁi.blə.ʁa/ 		dribblerons
/dʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/ 		dribblerez
/dʁi.blə.ʁe/ 		dribbleront
/dʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dribblerais
/dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ 		dribblerais
/dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ 		dribblerait
/dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ 		dribblerions
/dʁi.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dribbleriez
/dʁi.blə.ʁje/ 		dribbleraient
/dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dribble
/dʁibl/ 		dribbles
/dʁibl/ 		dribble
/dʁibl/ 		dribblions
/dʁi.bli.jɔ̃/ 		dribbliez
/dʁi.bli.je/ 		dribblent
/dʁibl/
imperfect2 dribblasse
/dʁi.blas/ 		dribblasses
/dʁi.blas/ 		dribblât
/dʁi.bla/ 		dribblassions
/dʁi.bla.sjɔ̃/ 		dribblassiez
/dʁi.bla.sje/ 		dribblassent
/dʁi.blas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dribble
/dʁibl/ 		— dribblons
/dʁi.blɔ̃/ 		dribblez
/dʁi.ble/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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