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    drib·ble
    [ˈdrib(ə)l]
    verb
    dribble (verb) · dribbles (third person present) · dribbled (past tense) · dribbled (past participle) · dribbling (present participle)
    1. (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream:
      "rain dribbled down the window"
      • pour (a liquid) slowly in drops or a thin stream:
        "he dribbled cream into his coffee"
      • allow saliva to run from the mouth:
        "his mouth was open and he was dribbling"
    2. (chiefly in soccer, field hockey, and basketball) take (the ball) forward past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing:
      "he attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area" · "he dribbled past a swarm of defenders"
    noun
    dribble (noun) · dribbles (plural noun)
    1. a thin stream of liquid; a trickle:
      "a dribble of blood"
      • saliva running from the mouth:
        "there was dribble down his chin"
    2. (in soccer, hockey, and basketball) an act or instance of taking the ball forward with repeated slight touches or bounces.
    Origin
    mid 16th century: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of drip. The original sense was ‘shoot an arrow short or wide of its target’, which was also a sense of drib.
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    verb
    1. (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream:
      trickle
      drip
      drop
      drizzle
      leak
      ooze
      exude
      seep
      fall in drops
    noun
    1. a thin stream of liquid; a trickle:
      trickle
      drip
      driblet
      drizzle
      drop
      dash
      spot
      smear
      splash
      speck
      lick
      small stream
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