Dribble

Quick meaning: Dribble is a verb meaning (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.

Meaning

(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.

More Meanings

1. To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
2. (intransitive) To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
3. (intransitive, figurative) To move or roll slowly or in small quantities.
4. (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
5. To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
6. (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
7. (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.

Example Sentences

The baby dribbled onto its bib.

let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room

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.

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.

Word Forms

• dribbles
• dribbling
• dribbled

Synonyms for dribble

Depending on context, synonyms include drivel, carry, drip, trickle, filter, slaver.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include carry, trickle, drip, slabber, filter, drivel.

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