'Dribble' definitions:
Definition of 'dribble'
From: WordNet
noun
Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: drip, trickle, dribble]
noun
noun
The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [syn: dribble, dribbling]
verb
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, dribble, filter]
verb
verb
Propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: dribble, carry]
verb
Definition of 'Dribble'
From: GCIDE
- Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t.
- 1. To let fall in drops. [1913 Webster]
- Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. -- Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Dribble'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of love." --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.] [1913 Webster]
- 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.]
Definition of 'Dribble'
From: GCIDE
- Dribble \Drib"ble\, n.
- 1. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. An act of dribbling[2] a ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'dribble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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