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Definition of Drible

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

DRIBBLE. A method of pouring out, as it were, the dice
from the box, gently, by which an old practitioner is
enabled to cog one of them with his fore-finger.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

  • To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool
  • To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
  • In various ball games, to run with the ball, controling its path with the feet
  • (basketball) To bounce the ball with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it.
  • To advance by dribbling
  • to let something fall in drips
  • in various ball games, to move the ball, by repeated light kicks
  • A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
  • A small amount of a liquid.
  • In sport, the act of dribbling.
  • A small amount of a liquid.
  • In sport, the act of dribbling.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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