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Meanings of dribbling in English

Portuguese
drible
Catalan
driblatge

The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks.

drible
Synonyms
Examples for "dribble"
Examples for "dribble"
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
Usage of dribbling in English
1
He also has very good dribbling skills and is a good finisher.
The Guardian
2
Smith's almost old-fashioned penchant for dribbling past defenders consistently caused Wolves problems.
The Guardian
3
And now I'm practically dribbling at the thought of a real cassoulet.
The Guardian
4
Doug shrugged and drank with greedy swallows, water dribbling down his chin.
Acts of faith
5
Other symptoms include pain while urinating, dribbling of urine and back pain.
The Irish Times
6
The game got persistently bogged down, attacking moves dribbling away to nothing.
The Irish Times
7
Your fathers were dribbling half-wits who should have been drowned at birth!
Brisingr
8
His strength does not only lie in dribbling, passing or shooting ability.
The South African
9
Blood formed on the wall and then began dribbling to the floor.
A Life in Parts
10
Juliet was lying on a chaise longue, dribbling on to the cushions.
Artemis Fowl
11
Blood spilling out of the dude's neck and dribbling down Felix's front.
The strain
12
Blood dribbling out of his nose made sticky blotches on his cheeks.
The Neutronium Alchemist
13
Sancho is clearly a major talent with great dribbling ability and goalscoring prowess.
The Guardian
14
Which was maroon polyester, a good choice given the sauce he was dribbling.
Bones in Her Pocket
15
A dribbling drop or two in the bottom of the jar.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
16
Unfortunately for them, I don't have a good metric for soccer ball dribbling.
Wired
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Translations for dribbling
Portuguese
drible
Catalan
driblatge
Dribbling through the time
Dribbling across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common