dribble

See also: dribblé

English

Etymology

drib +‎ -le (“early modern English frequentative suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/, /dɹɪ.bl̩/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/, /ˈdɹɪ.b(ə)l/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪbəl

Verb

1. To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool
2. To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
3. (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly
4. (transitive) to let something fall in drips
   • Jonathan Swift

     Let the cook […] dribble it all the way upstairs.

5. (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.

Translations

to let saliva drip from the mouth

• Bulgarian: лигавя се (ligavja se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滴涎

• Czech: slintat (cs)
• Dutch: kwijlen (nl), zeveren (nl)
• Esperanto: salivumi, bavi
• Finnish: kuolata
• French: baver (fr)
• German: sabbern (de)
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• Ido: bavar (io)
• Italian: sbavare (it)
• Maori: hāwareware
• Portuguese: babar (pt)
• Russian: пуска́ть слюни (ru) (puskátʹ sljuni)
• Serbo-Croatian: балавити, balaviti (sh)
• Spanish: babear (es)
• Swedish: dregla (sv)
• Tamil: ஜொள்ளு (ta) (joḷḷu)

to fall in drops or an unsteady stream

• Bulgarian: капя (bg) (kapja), църцоря (bg) (cǎrcorja)
• Czech: kapat (cs)
• Dutch: druppelen (nl)
• Esperanto: guti
• Finnish: tippua (fi), tihkua
• French: goutter (fr)
• German: tropfen (de)
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• Italian: sbrodolare
• Manx: sheel
• Maori: pāhīhī
• Portuguese: gotejar (pt), pingar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: цуркати, curkati (sh)
• Spanish: gotear (es)
• Swedish: droppa (sv)

to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it

• Bulgarian: дриблирам (bg) (dribliram)
• Catalan: conduir (ca), driblar (ca)
• Czech: driblovat
• Dutch: dribbelen (nl)
• Esperanto: dribli
• Finnish: kuljettaa (fi)
• French: dribbler (fr)
• German: dribbeln (de)
• Hebrew: כדרר (kidrér)
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• Hungarian: pattogtat
• Ido: driblar (io)
• Irish: druibleáil
• Maori: ārahirahi
• Portuguese: driblar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: driblati (sh)
• Spanish: regatear (es), gambetear (es), driblar (es), driblear (es)
• Swedish: dribbla (sv)

to let something fall in drips

• Bulgarian: изкапвам (izkapvam)
• Czech: odkapávat, nechat kapat
• Dutch: druppelen (nl)
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• Esperanto: pogute versi
• Finnish: tiputtaa (fi), tiputella (fi)

Noun

dribble (countable and uncountable, plural dribbles)

1. (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
2. (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
3. (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
4. (countable) In sport(s), the act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.

Translations

trickle

• Bulgarian: капене n (kapene), росене n (rosene)
• Finnish: noro (fi)
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• French: bave (fr) f
• Italian: bava (it) f

small amount of liquid

• Bulgarian: капка (bg) f (kapka)
• Dutch: druppel (nl) m
• Finnish: tilkka (fi), pisara (fi), tippa (fi)
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• French: goutte (fr) f
• Italian: bava (it) f

act of kicking or bouncing a ball

• Bulgarian: дрибъл m (dribǎl)
• Catalan: driblatge (ca) m, conducció (ca) f
• Dutch: dribbelen (nl) n
• Finnish: kuljettaminen (fi)
• French: dribble (fr) m
• German: Dribbeln n, Dribbling m
• Hebrew: כדרור m (kidrur)
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• Irish: druibleáil f
• Persian: دریبل (fa) (dribl)
• Portuguese: drible (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дриблинг m, дриблање m

  Roman: dribling (sh) m, driblanje m

• Spanish: regate (es) m, gambeta (es) f

Related terms

• crossover dribble
• double dribble
• dribble glass
• dribble penetration
• dribbly
• kill one's dribble

Anagrams

• dibbler

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English dribble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁibl/

Noun

dribble m (plural dribbles)

1. (sports) dribble

Verb

dribble

1. first-person singular present indicative of dribbler
2. third-person singular present indicative of dribbler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dribbler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dribbler
5. second-person singular imperative of dribbler

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German

Verb

dribble

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of dribbeln.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of dribbeln.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of dribbeln.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of dribbeln.