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