dribble

Meaning

Verb

1. In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
2. To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
3. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
4. (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
5. (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
6. (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
7. To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
2. (colloquial, uncountable) Rubbish; worthless matter.
3. (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
4. (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
5. (countable) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
6. (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.

Synonyms

drip

slobber

drool

drop

trickle

drivel

drizzle

slaver

ooze

slabber

salivate

spit

leak

seep

carry

saliva

dribbling

spill

filter

exudate

exude

ferry

⛴️

flux

guide

haul

irrigate

leakage

minim

mizzle

outflow

pass

percolate

piggyback

propel

runoff

ship

🚢

snivel

spatter

spillage

spittle

splash

sprinkle

sprinkling

squirt

take

take away

throat

throating

thump

transit

Translations

dribbler

baver

dribbelen

driblar

babear

bava

gotear

sbavare

druppelen

dribbeln

bave

goutter

kwijlen

sabbern

babar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹɪ.bəl/

Etymology

From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).