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dribble en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɹɪ.bl̩/ (UK)
- /ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/ (US)
- /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/ (UK)
- /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
English drib
Proto-Germanic *-lōną
Old English -lian
Middle English -len
English -le
English dribble
From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
Meanings
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(uncountable) Drool; saliva.
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(colloquial, uncountable) Rubbish; worthless matter.
“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.”
2007, Paul F. F. Hood with Carra Leah Hood, chapter 15, in Tomorrow, Soldier, part 3 (Himmler’s Gas Station), Bloomington, Ind.; Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 244: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.
2016, William McChesney, “Back to the War”, in Retribution: They Must All Die, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, →ISBN: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.
2006, Mary Carter, chapter 27, in She’ll Take It, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 231:
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(countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
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(countable) A small amount of a liquid.
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(countable) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
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(countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
Forms
Deriveds
dripple · dribblesome · seal dribble
Relateds
dribble glass · dribbly · kill one's dribble · crossover dribble · dribble penetration · double dribble
Translations (43)
ga druibleáil (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · fi tilkka (small amount of liquid) · es gambeta (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · nl dribbelen (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · gl baballa (trickle) · bg капка (small amount of liquid) · it bava (trickle) · es regate (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · ca gota (small amount of liquid) · de Dribbeln (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · pt drible (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · ca conducció (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · sh дриблање (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · fi kuljettaminen (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · it bava (small amount of liquid) · fr dribble (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · ca bava (small amount of liquid) · gl pinga (small amount of liquid) · ca regalim (small amount of liquid) · bg капене (trickle) · sh driblanje (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · fi pisara (small amount of liquid) · de Dribbling (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · he כדרור (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · sh дриблинг (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · gl baba (trickle) · fi noro (trickle) · fr bave (trickle) · gl caneo (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · bg росене (trickle) · nl druppel (small amount of liquid) · ro dribling (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · bg дрибъл (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · gl babuxa (trickle) · fr goutte (small amount of liquid) · sq driblim (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · sh dribling (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · gl gota (small amount of liquid) · kl arsamik ingerlatsineq (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · fa دریبل (act of kicking or bouncing a ball) · gl pingueira (small amount of liquid) · fi tippa (small amount of liquid) · ca driblatge (act of kicking or bouncing a ball)
dribble en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dɹɪ.bl̩/ (UK)
- /ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/ (US)
- /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/ (UK)
- /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
English drib
Proto-Germanic *-lōną
Old English -lian
Middle English -len
English -le
English dribble
From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
Meanings
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In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
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To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
The baby dribbled onto its bib.
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(intransitive) To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
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(figuratively, intransitive) To move or roll slowly or in small quantities.
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.
2017, Scott Murray, The Title: The Story of the First Division, →ISBN, page 138: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.
1952, Charles Coombs, Young Readers Sports Treasury, page 14: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.
1991, David Halecroft, Wild Pitch, →ISBN, page 56: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.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
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(transitive) To let something fall in drips.
let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room
1731 (date written; published 1745), [Jonathan] Swift, Directions to Servants […], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], and M. Cooper, […], →OCLC:
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(dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
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To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
Forms
Deriveds
dripple · overdribble · bedribble
Descendants
dribbeln · driblovat · dribbler · drible · driblar · driblar · dribbelen
Translations (100)
gl pingar (to let something fall in drips) · sv dribbla (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · sq dribloj (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · hu csepegtet (to let something fall in drips) · pt babar (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · fi kuljettaa (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · fr baver (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · cs kapat (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · nl zeveren (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · kix tāi (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · cmn 滴涎 (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · gv sheel (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · ar رَاوَغ (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · pl kozłować (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · sh балавити (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · ta ஜொள்ளு விடு (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · es gotear (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · sv droppa (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · gl driblar (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · gl babear (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · de sabbern (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · eo bavi (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · is dripla (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · de tropfen (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · es babear (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · fi tiputtaa (to let something fall in drips) · sh driblati (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · fi tihkua (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · eo guti (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · de dribbeln (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · es regatear (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · cs nechat kapat (to let something fall in drips) · es driblear (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · hu csepeg (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · hu csöpögtet (to let something fall in drips) · ca regatejar (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · io bavar (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · nl kwijlen (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · hu pattogtat (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · bg изкапвам (to let something fall in drips) · cs driblovat (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · es driblar (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · sh balaviti (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · sv dregla (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · it sbrodolare (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · ro dribla (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · sh цуркати (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · bg лигавя се (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · gl baballar (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · it dribblare (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · fi tippua (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · de geifern (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · bg дриблирам (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · gl babexar (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · ja 滲む (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · he כדרר (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · hu csöppen (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · hu csurrant (to let something fall in drips) · hu cseppen (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · io driblar (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · es gambetear (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · gl gotexar (to let something fall in drips) · hu csurran (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · ca gotejar (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · ru пуска́ть слюни (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · ca babejar (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · mi hāwareware (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · pt driblar (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · nb drible (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · ru вести́ мяч (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · ca conduir (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · gl gotear (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · gl pingar (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · ca passejar (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · cs odkapávat (to let something fall in drips) · it sbavare (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · ca driblar (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · fi tiputella (to let something fall in drips) · gl gotear (to let something fall in drips) · hu csöpög (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · eo dribli (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · eo pogute versi (to let something fall in drips) · mi ārahirahi (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · nl druppelen (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · ga druibleáil (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · gl canear (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · nl dribbelen (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · bg капя (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · pt gotejar (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · cs slintat (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · eo salivumi (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · es cachañear (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · bg църцоря (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · pt pingar (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · fr dribbler (to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it) · fr goutter (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · nl druppelen (to let something fall in drips) · fi kuolata (to let saliva drip from the mouth) · gl gotexar (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream) · mi pāhīhī (to fall in drops or an unsteady stream)