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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrɪbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdrɪbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(drib′əl)

Inflections of 'dribble' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
dribbles
v 3rd person singular
dribbling
v pres p
dribbled
v past
dribbled
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
drib•ble /ˈdrɪbəl/USA pronunciation   v., -bled, -bling, n. 
v. 
  1. to (cause to) flow in drops;
    trickle: [no object]A little milk dribbled onto the floor.[~ + object]He dribbled some milk onto the cereal.
  2. (of saliva) to trickle from the mouth;
    drivel;
    slaver:[no object]The baby was dribbling over her new dress.
  3. Sportto (cause to) move along a ball, by bouncing it: [no object]She dribbled down the court, then rushed to the basket and shot.[~ + object]He dribbled the ball down the court.

n. 
  1. a small trickling stream or a drop:[countable]a dribble of water.
  2. a small quantity of anything:[countable]a dribble of revenue.
  3. saliva that has come out of the mouth:[uncountable]He wiped away some dribble from the baby's mouth.
  4. Sport[countable] an act or instance of dribbling a ball or puck.
drib•bler, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
drib•ble  (drib′əl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to fall or flow in drops or small quantities;
    trickle.
  2. to drivel;
    slaver.
  3. Sportto advance a ball or puck by bouncing it or giving it a series of short kicks or pushes.

v.t. 
  1. to let fall in drops.
  2. Sport
    • [Basketball.]to bounce (the ball) as in advancing or keeping control of it.
    • (esp. in ice hockey and soccer) to move (the ball or puck) along by a rapid succession of short kicks or pushes.

n. 
  1. a small trickling stream or a drop.
  2. a small quantity of anything:a dribble of revenue.
  3. Sportan act or instance of dribbling a ball or puck.
  4. Scottish Termsa drizzle;
    a light rain.
  • frequentative of obsolete drib (verb, verbal), probably variant of drip 1555–65
drib′bler, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dribble /ˈdrɪbəl/ vb
  1. (usually intr) to flow or allow to flow in a thin stream or drops; trickle
  2. (intransitive) to allow saliva to trickle from the mouth
  3. (in soccer, basketball, hockey, etc) to propel (the ball) by repeatedly tapping it with the hand, foot, or stick
 n
  1. a small quantity of liquid falling in drops or flowing in a thin stream
  2. a small quantity or supply
  3. an act or instance of dribbling
Etymology: 16th Century: frequentative of drib, variant of dripˈdribbler n ˈdribbly adj
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