DRIBBLE

I. verb (~d; dribbling) Etymology: frequentative of drib to ~ Date: circa 1589 transitive verb to issue sporadically and in small bits, to let or cause to fall in drops little by little, 3. to propel by successive slight taps or bounces with hand, foot, or stick , to hit (as a baseball) so as to cause a slow bouncing, intransitive verb to fall or flow in drops or in a thin intermittent stream ; trickle , to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth ; drool , to come or issue in piecemeal or desultory fashion, 4. to ~ a ball or puck, to proceed by dribbling, to move with short bounces, ~r noun II. noun Date: circa 1680 a tiny or insignificant bit or quantity, a small trickling stream or flow, an act, instance, or manner of dribbling a ball or puck, dribbly adjective