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