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Dribble   /drˈɪbəl/   Listen
Dribble

verb
(past & past part. dribbled; pres. part. dribbing)
1.
Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.  Synonyms: filter, trickle.  "Reports began to dribble in"
2.
Let or cause to fall in drops.  Synonyms: drip, drop.
3.
Propel,.  Synonym: carry.  "Dribble the ball"
4.
Let saliva drivel from the mouth.  Synonyms: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber.



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"Dribble" Quotes from Famous Books



... was aggravating and obstinate. It wouldn't allow itself to be adjusted on the top bar; it wouldn't hear of accommodating itself kindly to the knobs of coal; it would lean forward with a drunken air, and dribble—a very idiot of a kettle —on the hearth. It was quarrelsome, and hissed and ...
— The Evolution of Expression Vol. I • Charles Wesley Emerson



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