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. (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
2. To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

   The baby dribbled onto its bib.

3. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
4. (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[oseph] 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

5. (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
6. To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.

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, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
5. (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.

• seal dribble

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

• dibbler

Borrowed from English dribble.

• IPA^(key): /dʁibl/

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dribble m (plural dribbles)

1. (sports) dribble

dribble

1. inflection of dribbler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “dribble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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dribble

1. inflection of dribbeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I