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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