dribbler

English

Etymology

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/
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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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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