dribble

drib +‎ -le (“early modern English frequentative suffix”)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/, /dɹɪ.bl̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/, /ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/

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• Rhymes: -ɪbəl

dribble (third-person singular simple present dribbles, present participle dribbling, simple past and past participle dribbled)

1. To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool
2. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
3. In various ball games, to run with the ball, controlling its path with the feet
4. (basketball) To bounce the ball on the floor with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it
5. To advance by dribbling (Can we add an example for this sense?)
6. (transitive) to let something fall in drips
   • Jonathan Swift

     Let the cook […] dribble it all the way upstairs.

7. (transitive) in various ball games, to move the ball by repeated light kicks so as not to lose control of it.
8. (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.

dribble (countable and uncountable, plural dribbles)

1. (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
2. (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
3. (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
4. (countable) In sport, the act of dribbling.

• crossover dribble
• double dribble
• dribble glass
• dribble penetration
• dribbly
• kill one's dribble

• dibbler

Borrowed from English dribble.

• IPA^(key): /dʁibl/

dribble m (plural dribbles)

1. (sports) dribble

dribble

1. first-person singular present indicative of dribbler
2. third-person singular present indicative of dribbler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dribbler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dribbler
5. second-person singular imperative of dribbler

dribble

1. First-person singular present of dribbeln.
2. Imperative singular of dribbeln.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of dribbeln.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of dribbeln.