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.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
- intransitive verb. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
- intransitive verb. To fall weakly and slowly.
- transitive verb. To let fall in drops.
- noun. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
- noun. the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
- noun. saliva spilling from the mouth
- noun. flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
"there's a drip through the roof"
- verb. let saliva drivel from the mouth
"The baby drooled"
- verb. propel, "Carry the ball"
"dribble the ball"
- verb. let or cause to fall in drops
"dribble oil into the mixture"
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
dribbling, drivel, drool, slobber, drip, trickle, slabber, slaver, carry, drop, filter
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dribble:
Common word forms
dribbled, dribbler, dribbles, dribbling, dribblement
Words from these letters
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