dribbler

English

Etymology

dribble +‎ -er

Noun

dribbler (plural dribblers)

1. A person who dribbles (salivates excessively).
2. (sports) A person who performs dribbling.
3. (slang, derogatory) A stupid person.
   • 2006, Clare Allan, Poppy Shakespeare, page 307:

     It weren't like I wanted to go to the meeting, I could think of plenty of stuff I'd rather than spending all evening sat in a room with the same bunch of dribblers I'd spent all fucking day with.

Derived terms

• Birmingham dribbler

Translations

Person who dribbles

• French: baveur (fr) m, baveuse (fr) f

Person who performs dribbling

• French: dribbleur (fr) m, dribbleuse (fr) f
• Spanish: driblador m, dribladora f, regateador m, regateadora f

French

Etymology

From English dribble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁi.ble/

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Verb

dribbler

1. (sports, transitive, intransitive) to dribble

Conjugation

Conjugation of dribbler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	dribbler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dribblant /dʁi.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dribblé /dʁi.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dribble /dʁibl/	dribbles /dʁibl/	dribble /dʁibl/	dribblons /dʁi.blɔ̃/	dribblez /dʁi.ble/	dribblent /dʁibl/
	imperfect	dribblais /dʁi.blɛ/	dribblais /dʁi.blɛ/	dribblait /dʁi.blɛ/	dribblions /dʁi.bli.jɔ̃/	dribbliez /dʁi.bli.je/	dribblaient /dʁi.blɛ/
	past historic2	dribblai /dʁi.ble/	dribblas /dʁi.bla/	dribbla /dʁi.bla/	dribblâmes /dʁi.blam/	dribblâtes /dʁi.blat/	dribblèrent /dʁi.blɛʁ/
	future	dribblerai /dʁi.blə.ʁe/	dribbleras /dʁi.blə.ʁa/	dribblera /dʁi.blə.ʁa/	dribblerons /dʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/	dribblerez /dʁi.blə.ʁe/	dribbleront /dʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dribblerais /dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/	dribblerais /dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/	dribblerait /dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/	dribblerions /dʁi.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	dribbleriez /dʁi.blə.ʁje/	dribbleraient /dʁi.blə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	dribble /dʁibl/	dribbles /dʁibl/	dribble /dʁibl/	dribblions /dʁi.bli.jɔ̃/	dribbliez /dʁi.bli.je/	dribblent /dʁibl/
	imperfect2	dribblasse /dʁi.blas/	dribblasses /dʁi.blas/	dribblât /dʁi.bla/	dribblassions /dʁi.bla.sjɔ̃/	dribblassiez /dʁi.bla.sje/	dribblassent /dʁi.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dribble /dʁibl/	—	dribblons /dʁi.blɔ̃/	dribblez /dʁi.ble/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Alternative forms

• dribler

Related terms

• dribbleur

Further reading

• “dribbler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.