dribble
🇺🇸
/ˈdrɪbl/
🇬🇧
/ˈdrɪbl/
verb
R
to let a liquid like saliva come out of your mouth and run down your chin
I couldn't stop laughing, and I started to dribble a bit.
R
to fall in small drops or in a thin stream
Rain started to dribble down the window.
R
to pour something slowly, in drops or a thin stream
Carefully dribble the sauce over the dish.
R
to move the ball along with several short kicks, hits or bounces
She dribbled the ball down the court.
noun
R
a very small amount of liquid, in a thin stream
A dribble of water ran down the tap.
R
saliva from a person’s mouth
His shirt was wet with dribble.
R
the act of dribbling the ball in a sport
The player's expert dribble surprised the opposing team.
translation
to let a liquid like saliva come out of your mouth and run down your chin; to fall in small drops or in a thin stream; to pour something slowly, in drops or a thin stream; to move the ball along with several short kicks, hits or bounces
a very small amount of liquid, in a thin stream; saliva from a person’s mouth; the act of dribbling the ball in a sport
Word Forms
3rd Present
dribbles
Perfect
dribbled
Progressive
dribbling
Past
dribbled
Plural
dribbles