dribble

dribble
    n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
         liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: {drip},
         {trickle}, {dribble}]
    2: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: {drool}, {dribble},
       {drivel}, {slobber}]
    3: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [syn:
       {dribble}, {dribbling}]
    v 1: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream;
         "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose";
         "reports began to dribble in" [syn: {trickle}, {dribble},
         {filter}]
    2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"
       [syn: {dribble}, {drip}, {drop}]
    3: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: {dribble},
       {carry}]
    4: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn:
       {drivel}, {drool}, {slabber}, {slaver}, {slobber}, {dribble}]
    

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.
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   2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
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   3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of
      love." --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
      error for {dribbing}.]
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   4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble[2]
      the ball.
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   5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
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Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t.
   1. To let fall in drops.
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            Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs.
                                                  -- Swift.
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   2. In basketball and various other games, to propel (the
      ball) by successive slight hits or kicks so as to keep it
      always in control.
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Dribble \Drib"ble\, n.
   1. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
      [Colloq.]
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   2. An act of dribbling[2] a ball.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

101 Moby Thesaurus words for "dribble":
      ace, atom, bit, condensation, condense, dab, distill, distillation,
      dole, dot, dram, driblet, drip, dripping, drippings, dripple,
      drivel, drool, drop, dwarf, expectorate, expectoration, farthing,
      filter, fleck, flyspeck, foam, fragment, froth, gobbet, grain,
      granule, groat, gurgle, hair, handful, hawk, iota, jot, leach,
      leaching, leak, leak out, leakage, leaking, little, little bit,
      lixiviate, lixiviation, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum,
      molecule, mote, mouth-watering, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble,
      percolate, percolation, pinch, pittance, point, ptyalism, saliva,
      salivate, salivation, scrimption, scruple, seep, seepage, seeping,
      sialagogue, slabber, slaver, slobber, smidgen, smitch, speck, spew,
      spit, spittle, spoonful, spot, spurtle, sputum, sweat, sweating,
      thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trickle, tricklet, trifling amount,
      trill, trivia, weep, whit