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Definitions for Dribble

[1] to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
[2] to drivel; slaver.
[3] Sports . to advance a ball or puck by bouncing it or giving it a series of short kicks or pushes.
[4] to let fall in drops.
[5] Sports . Basketball . to bounce (the ball) as in advancing or keeping control of it. (especially in ice hockey and soccer) to move (the ball or puck) along by a rapid succession of short kicks or pushes.
[6] a small trickling stream or a drop.
[7] a small quantity of anything: a dribble of revenue.
[8] Sports . an act or instance of dribbling a ball or puck.
[9] Scot. a drizzle; a light rain.
[10] (usually intr) to flow or allow to flow in a thin stream or drops; trickle
[11] (intr) to allow saliva to trickle from the mouth
[12] (in soccer, basketball, hockey, etc) to propel (the ball) by repeatedly tapping it with the hand, foot, or stick
[13] a small quantity of liquid falling in drops or flowing in a thin stream
[14] a small quantity or supply
[15] an act or instance of dribbling

Words related to Dribble

squirt, ooze, drizzle, run, seep, leak, spout, drop, drip, distill, drivel, salivate, slaver, drool, weep, slobber, trill

Words nearby Dribble

dreyfus, dreyfus affair, dreyfusard, drg, drib, dribble, driblet, dribs and drabs, driech, dried, dried-fruit beetle

Origin of Dribble

1555–65; frequentative of obsolete drib (v.), probably variant of drip

Other words from Dribble

drib·bler , noun

Word origin for Dribble

C16: frequentative of drib, variant of drip

Synonyms for Dribble

drizzle, ooze, squirt, distill, drip, drivel, drool, drop, leak, run, salivate, seep, slaver, slobber, spout, trill, weep, fall in drops