Dribble

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbled}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Dribbing}.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]
     1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession
        of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
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     2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
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     3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of
        love." --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
        error for {dribbing}.]
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     4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble[2]
        the ball.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t.
     1. To let fall in drops.
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              Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs.
                                                    -- Swift.
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     2. In basketball and various other games, to propel (the
        ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it
        always in control.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dribble \Drib"ble\, n.
     1. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
        [Colloq.]
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     2. An act of dribbling[2] a ball.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dribble
       n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
            liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: {drip},
            {trickle}]
       2: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: {drool}, {drivel}, {slobber}]
       3: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [syn: {dribbling}]
       v 1: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream;
            "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose";
            "reports began to dribble in" [syn: {trickle}, {filter}]
       2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
          mixture" [syn: {drip}, {drop}]
       3: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: {carry}]
       4: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: {drivel},
           {drool}, {slabber}, {slaver}, {slobber}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "dribble":
     ace, atom, bit, condensation, condense, dab, distill, distillation,
     dole, dot, dram, driblet, drip, dripping, drippings, dripple,
     drivel, drool, drop, dwarf, expectorate, expectoration, farthing,
     filter, fleck, flyspeck, foam, fragment, froth, gobbet, grain,
     granule, groat, gurgle, hair, handful, hawk, iota, jot, leach,
     leaching, leak, leak out, leakage, leaking, little, little bit,
     lixiviate, lixiviation, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum,
     molecule, mote, mouth-watering, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble,
     percolate, percolation, pinch, pittance, point, ptyalism, saliva,
     salivate, salivation, scrimption, scruple, seep, seepage, seeping,
     sialagogue, slabber, slaver, slobber, smidgen, smitch, speck, spew,
     spit, spittle, spoonful, spot, spurtle, sputum, sweat, sweating,
     thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trickle, tricklet, trifling amount,
     trill, trivia, weep, whit