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Meanings of dribble in English

Portuguese
baba
Catalan
bava
Spanish
saliva

Saliva spilling from the mouth.

        baba
        Portuguese
        drible
        Catalan
        rajolí

        Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid.

              drible
              Portuguese
              babar
              Catalan
              degotar

              Let saliva drivel from the mouth.

                    Related terms
                    babar
                    Portuguese
                    drible
                    Catalan
                    driblatge

                    The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks.

                          drible
                          Usage of dribble in English
                          1
                          The legal tidbits will dribble out over the coming days and weeks.
                          The Guardian
                          2
                          The two are intimately related: passionless politics dribble away into aimless drift.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          As for the frith, it had shrunk to a dribble of water.
                          Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
                          4
                          Harold watched the blue ink on the desk dribble onto the floor.
                          The sherlockian
                          5
                          Galloway paused and wiped a dribble of tobacco juice from his chin.
                          Serena
                          6
                          Ash and fragments of MonstaQuest cards continued to dribble down from above.
                          Pack animals
                          7
                          Andros Townsend scores Palace's third, after a powerful right-angled dribble from halfway.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          I scooped it up and started to dribble it, running full speed.
                          Be Careful What You Wish For...
                          9
                          They've proven that athletes can do more than just dribble a ball.
                          Ebony
                          10
                          She glanced at her cup, the cooling gray dribble at the bottom.
                          The distant hours
                          11
                          A dribble of salt-stinging sweat ran into her eye, doubling her vision.
                          The stand
                          12
                          Her hair was coming down and dribble was running off her chin.
                          The Pinhoe Egg
                          13
                          He tried to reverse his dribble, but I poked the ball away.
                          Nemesis
                          14
                          The water pressure was so pathetic that only a dribble came out.
                          My Fight/Your Fight
                          15
                          It was their guards getting dribble penetration, said Wake Forest coach Danny Manning.
                          Reuters
                          16
                          A dribble of red light showed briefly through the bedroom's window.
                          More Than Honor
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                          Translations for dribble
                          Dribble through the time
                          Dribble across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common