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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t.
   In various games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight
   hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control.

Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i.
   1. In football and similar games, to dribble the ball.

   2. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.

Dribble \Drib"ble\, n.
   An act of dribbling a ball.

Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Dribbing}.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]
   1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession
      of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

   2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.

   3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] ``The dribbling dart of
      love.'' --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
      error for {dribbing}.]

Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. t.
   To let fall in drops.

         Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. --
                                                  Swift.

Dribble \Drib"ble\, n.
   A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]

Source : WordNet®

dribble
     n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
          liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: {drip},
          {trickle}]
     2: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: {drool}, {drivel}, {slobber}]
     3: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [syn: {dribbling}]

dribble
     v 1: 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" [syn: {trickle}, {filter}]
     2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
        mixture" [syn: {drip}, {drop}]
     3: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: {carry}]
     4: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: {drivel},
         {drool}, {slabber}, {slaver}, {slobber}]
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