Dictionary Entry
dribble
dribble is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
- 2intransitive verb
To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
- 3intransitive verb
To fall weakly and slowly.
- 4transitive verb
To let fall in drops.
- 5noun
A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
- 6noun
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
Synonyms
- 7noun
saliva spilling from the mouth
- 8noun
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
"there's a drip through the roof"
- 9verb
let saliva drivel from the mouth
"The baby drooled"
- 10verb
propel, "Carry the ball"
"dribble the ball"
Synonyms
- 11verb
let or cause to fall in drops
"dribble oil into the mixture"
- 12verb
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
"water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"
"reports began to dribble in"
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