dribble Definition
drib·ble (drib′əl)
intransitive verb, transitive verb -·bled, -·bling
- to flow, or let flow, in drops or driblets; trickle
- to come forth or let out a little at a time
- to let (saliva, liquid, etc.) drip from the mouth; drool
- to keep (a ball or puck) in motion or move (it) forward by a rapid succession of bounces (in basketball), short kicks (in soccer), or light taps with a stick (in hockey)
Etymology: freq. of drib
noun
- a small drop, or a flowing in small drops
- a very small amount
- the act of dribbling a ball or puck
- a drizzling rain
dribble Related Forms
dribble Synonyms
dribble Usage Examples
Object
- ball: Do not dribble the ball back into the changing rooms.
- skill: Her dribbling skills with a football are also a sight to behold!
- practice: Start your dribbling practice with games that have players repeatedly touching the football.
- lot: As the teeth come through your baby will dribble a lot more and want to bite everything in site.
- round: We could of scored again when Popey dribbled round about 5 players only to hit a weak shot.
- technique: Hockey - Continued development of stick and ball skills with focus on developing Indian dribbling technique and reverse stick control.
Adjective modifier
mazy: Kenny's mazy dribble through the United defense and subsequent finish in the FA Cup semi at Maine Road - April 1979 25.
Adjective complement
past: Stafford were soon threatening tho, Goodman robbing Thorne on the right before dribbling past two defenders on his way to the by-line.
Modifying Another Word
- away: The piled snow banks on the pavements beside the river, compacted by bulldozers in the winter months, were finally dribbling away.
- forward: Start by dribbling forward toward a cone or mark that represents the defender.
- then: That player then dribbles into the center of the circle and passes to another player on the outside.
- back: And, yes, it is true that some money dribbles back from Britain to families in Romania and other parts of eastern Europe.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- down: There I saw a child looking all miserable, with a Funny Feet dribbling down his arm.
- out: Marxist Group members were dribbling out of the ILP into the Labor Party where they had not yet hardened into a coherent faction.
- up: This progressed to dribbling up to, and dodging, an opponent, keeping the ball in possession.
Followed by a transitive particle
down: Firstly, however good the boot around the mast a deck level, there will sometimes be fresh water dribbling down the mast.
Preposition: of
water: I'm typing this with a big dribble of water down my front.
Preposition: with
ball: Better than Rio without a doubt although I'm not sure about him dribbling with the ball on the edge of his box.
Noun used with modifier
power: Power dribble a ball for at least 60 seconds.
Modifies a noun
round: We then decided on doing a push pass game where everyone had to dribble round cones.
Browse dictionary entries near dribble
- ‹ drib
- ‹ DRG
- ‹ Dreyfus
- ‹ Drexler, Arthur
- ‹ drew
- ‹ drest
- ‹ dressy
- ‹ dressmaker
- ‹ dressing table
- ‹ dressing room
- Driberg,Tom ›
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- dried ›
- driegh ›
- drier ›
- driest ›
- drift ›
- drift anchor ›
- driftage ›
- drifter ›

