Dribble
['drɪb(ə)l] or ['drɪbl]
Definition
(noun.) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks.
(verb.) propel, 'Carry the ball'; 'dribble the ball'.
(verb.) let or cause to fall in drops; 'dribble oil into the mixture'.
Typist: Paul--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
(v. i.) To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
(v. i.) To fall weakly and slowly.
(v. t.) To let fall in drops.
(n.) A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
Checked by Llewellyn
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Drip, trickle, fall in drops.
Inputed by Gustav
Definition
v.i. to fall in small drops: to drop quickly: to slaver as a child or an idiot.—v.t. to let fall in drops: to give out in small portions: at football &c. to keep the ball moving forward little by little.—v.t. Drib to dribble drivel.—n. a driblet.—ns. Drib′bler; Drib′let Drib′blet a small drop: a small quantity.
Editor: Val
Examples
- The operation is continuous, a constant supply of chalk passing in at one end of the kiln and a continuous dribble of clinker-balls dropping out at the other. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Whether it's passing, or tackling, or dribbling, there's no one to touch him, and then, he's got the head, and can hold us all together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The money dribbled in a little at first--but what CAN you expect out of London? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Well, if you don't mind, we'll have the beaker, and pass 'en round; 'tis better than heling it out in dribbles. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Ramon