dribble
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English drib
English -le
English dribble
From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: dribbles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dribbling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dribbled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dribbled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dribbles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
pos: verb
gloss: To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
pos: verb
examples: The baby dribbled onto its bib.
gloss: To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To move or roll slowly or in small quantities.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: The last formal word of compliment was spoken and the audience dribbled away with a sense of having performed a duty only slightly less meritorious than that of going to church.
Denny slid over a couple of steps and swung feebly at it. The ball hit the wooden frame of his racket and dribbled into the net.
Derrick's hand passed along the plate while the catcher flipped and fell on his back in a huge cloud of dust. The ball went dribbling toward the backstop.
After two minutes and 25 seconds, he scored with a pea-roller that totally foxed Stoke keeper Dennis Herod and dribbled in off a post.
gloss: To let something fall in drips.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room
gloss: To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
pos: verb
tags: dated
gloss: To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
pos: verb
gloss: Drool; saliva.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Rubbish; worthless matter.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
uncountable
examples: Your pieces are amateur at best—at worst they are a commercial hoax—something you’d find at Kmart for the kids to take back to their dorms. Frankly, I’m shocked you would waste my time with this dribble. You are no artist, my dear.
“Are these mangers also called ‘Labor Camps’? Those baby production lines Hitler set up to produce a race of pure bloods.” / “No,” said Ute, openly irritated at the remark. She looked over at Captain Browder, saying with her eyes, “Do we have to keep on with this dribble?” / Browder broke in, “Trank, let’s cut out this insignificant ramble. Let’s go straight to the subject of mangers where girls can give birth in secret.”
I’ve returned everything that I borrowed and then some, but it never sat well with her father and he disowned her right along with me. Michael, did you know that I’m low life scum? Well, that’s what he called me the last time we were together. I apologize, I should never have bothered you with this dribble.
gloss: A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A small amount of a liquid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: crossover dribble
double dribble
dribble glass
dribble penetration
dribbly
kill one's dribble
Derived words: bedribble
overdribble
dripple
dribblesome
seal dribble
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