overdribble

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ dribble

Verb[edit]

overdribble (third-person singular simple present overdribbles, present participle overdribbling, simple past and past participle overdribbled)

  1. (basketball) To dribble the ball excessively.
    • 2009 March 24, Harvey Araton, “For Duke Star, Family Lore in Boston”, in New York Times[1]:
      The series would end with Magic overdribbling the Lakers into a Game 7 defeat in Boston, where Bird’s triumph over Johnson was illuminated like a darkened Garden full of victory cigars.