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Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t. In various games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i.

1. In football and similar games, to dribble the ball.

2. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Dribble \Drib"ble\, n. An act of dribbling a ball.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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.

2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.

3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.]

``The dribbling dart of love.'' --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t. To let fall in drops.

Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. -- Swift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Dribble \Drib"ble\, n. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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