dribble has definitions from the fields of sport,basketball,biology
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[ verb ] run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

Synonyms

trickle filter

Examples

"water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose" "reports began to dribble in"

Used in print

(Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)

As reports dribbled in , William_Weigand tossed them into the centrifuge which had become his head .

Related terms

run leach drip

2
[ noun ] (biology) saliva spilling from the mouth

Synonyms

drivel slobber drool

Related terms

saliva drivel

3
[ verb ] let saliva drivel from the mouth

Examples

"The baby drooled"

4
[ verb ] (sport) move, as in hockey or soccer

Synonyms

carry

Examples

"Carry the ball"

Related terms

hit sport

5
[ verb ] let or cause to fall in drops

Synonyms

drop drip

Examples

"dribble oil into the mixture"

Related terms

pour drip drop drip

6
[ noun ] flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

Synonyms

trickle drip

Examples

"there's a drip through the roof"

Related terms

flow intravenous_drip drip

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[ noun ] (sport,basketball) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks

Synonyms

dribbling

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