dribbling

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English

Verb

dribbling

  1. present participle and gerund of dribble

Noun

dribbling (plural dribblings)

  1. An amount of liquid that is dribbled.
    • 1850, The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London:
      In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.
    • 1866, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command:
      From the mouth you early observe a dribbling of saliva of a sticky nature and mixed with air, and of a disagreeable fetor []

Spanish

Noun

dribbling m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) dribbling