dribble
verb/ˈdrɪbl/
/ˈdrɪbl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dribble | /ˈdrɪbl/ /ˈdrɪbl/ |
| he / she / it dribbles | /ˈdrɪblz/ /ˈdrɪblz/ |
| past simple dribbled | /ˈdrɪbld/ /ˈdrɪbld/ |
| past participle dribbled | /ˈdrɪbld/ /ˈdrɪbld/ |
| -ing form dribbling | /ˈdrɪblɪŋ/ /ˈdrɪblɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] dribble (something) to let saliva or another liquid come out of your mouth and run down your chin synonym drool
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to fall in small drops or in a thin stream
- Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.
- [transitive] dribble something (into/over/onto something) to pour something slowly, in drops or a thin stream synonym drizzle, trickle
- Dribble a little olive oil over the salad.
- [transitive, intransitive] dribble (something) (+ adv./prep.) (in football (soccer) and some other sports) to move the ball along with several short kicks, hits or bounces
- She dribbled the ball the length of the field.
- He dribbled past two defenders and scored a magnificent goal.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of drip. The original sense was ‘shoot an arrow short or wide of its target’, which was also a sense of drib.
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