DRIBBLE


Meaning of DRIBBLE in English

I. drib ‧ ble 1 /ˈdrɪb ə l/ BrE AmE verb

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: drib 'to fall in small drops' (16-18 centuries) , from ⇨ ↑ drip 1 ]

1 . [intransitive and transitive] to let liquid come out of your mouth onto your face:

Watch out, the baby is dribbling on your shirt!

He was dribbling tea onto his tie.

2 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a liquid dribbles somewhere, it flows in a thin irregular stream:

Blood from the wound dribbled down the side of his face.

3 . [intransitive and transitive] to move the ball along with you by short kicks, ↑ bounce s , or hits in a game of football, ↑ basketball etc:

He was trying to dribble the ball past his opponents.

4 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if something such as money or news dribbles somewhere, it comes or goes in small irregular amounts:

Money is finally dribbling back into the country now.

5 . [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to pour something out slowly in an irregular way:

Dribble a few drops of olive oil over the pizza.

II. dribble 2 BrE AmE noun

1 . [uncountable] a small amount of liquid that has come out of your mouth:

He wiped the dribble from his chin.

2 . a dribble of something a small amount of liquid:

There was a dribble of brandy in the bottom of the bottle.

3 . [countable] the act of moving the ball along with you by short kicks, ↑ bounce s or hits in a game of football, ↑ basketball etc

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.