|
|
1. (v.i.) dribble
to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
2. dribble
to drivel; slaver.
3. dribble
to advance a ball by bouncing it or a puck by giving it short, quick kicks or pushes.
4. (v.t.) dribble
to let fall in drops.
5. dribble
(in basketball) to bounce (the ball), as in maneuvering for a pass or advancing for a score.
6. dribble
(esp. in ice hockey and soccer) to move (the ball or puck) along by a rapid succession of short kicks or pushes.
7. (n.) dribble
a small trickling stream or a drop.
8. dribble
a small quantity of anything:
a dribble of revenue.
9. dribble
an act or instance of dribbling a ball or puck.
Etymology: (1555–65; freq. of obs. drib (v.), prob. var. of drip)
|
| Definition of 'dribble' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) drip, trickle, dribble
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
"there's a drip through the roof"
2. (noun) drool, dribble, drivel, slobber
saliva spilling from the mouth
3. (verb) dribble, dribbling
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
4. (verb) trickle, dribble, filter
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"
5. (verb) dribble, drip, drop
let or cause to fall in drops
"dribble oil into the mixture"
6. (verb) dribble, carry
propel, "Carry the ball"
"dribble the ball"
7. (verb) drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
let saliva drivel from the mouth
"The baby drooled"
|
| Definition of 'dribble' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) dribble
a drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops
2. (verb) dribble
to fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves
3. (verb) dribble
to slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel
4. (verb) dribble
to fall weakly and slowly
5. (verb) dribble
to let fall in drops
|
|
|
Sense: to fall in small drops
Water dribbled out of the tap.
|
 Afrikaans: drup |
 Arabic: يُقَطِّرُ |
 Bulgarian: капя |
 Brazilian: pingar |
 Czech: kapat |
 German: tröpfeln |
 Danish: dryppe |
 Greek: στάζω |
 Spanish: gotear |
 Estonian: nirisema |
 Farsi: چکیدن |
 Finnish: pisaroida |
 French: tomber goutteà goutte |
 Hebrew: לְטָפטֵף |
 Hindi: टपकना या टपकाना |
 Croatian: kapati, nakapati |
 Hungarian: csöpög |
 Indonesian: menitik-nitik |
 Icelandic: drjúpa |
 Italian: sgocciolare, gocciolare |
 Japanese: したたる |
 Korean: 뚝뚝 떨어뜨리다 |
 Lithuanian: lašėti, varvėti |
 Latvian: pilēt |
 Malay: titis |
 Dutch: druppelen |
 Norwegian: dryppe, sildre, sive |
 Polish: kapać |
 Persian: چکیدن |
 Pashto: څڅيدل |
 Portuguese: pingar |
 Romanian: a picura |
 Russian: капать |
 Slovak: kvapkať |
 Slovenian: kapljati |
 Serbian: kapati |
 Swedish: droppa, sippra |
 Thai: หยด |
 Turkish: damlamak |
 Taiwanese: 滴下 |
 Ukrainian: к(р)апати |
 Urdu: ٹپکنا |
 Vietnamese: chảy nhỏ giọt |
 Chinese: （使液体）滴下 |
Get even more translations for dribble...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'dribble' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of dribble 
