Thinking and Making!: Dr i bb l eee

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–verb (used without object)

1. to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.

2. to drivel; slaver.

3. Sports . to advance a ball or puck by bouncing it or giving it a series of short kicks or pushes.

–verb (used with object)

4. to let fall in drops.

5. Sports .

a. Basketball . to bounce (the ball) as in advancing or keeping control of it.

b. (esp. in ice hockey and soccer) to move (the ball or puck) along by a rapid succession of short kicks or pushes.

–noun

6. a small trickling stream or a drop.

7. a small quantity of anything: a dribble of revenue.

8. Sports . an act or instance of dribbling a ball or puck.

9. Scot. a drizzle; a light rain.

Origin:
1555–65; freq. of obs. drib (v.), prob. var. of drip

—Related forms

dribbler, noun

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