v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.intr.

1. To flow or fall in drops or an unsteady stream; trickle: Water dribbled from the leaky faucet.
2. To let saliva drip from the mouth; drool.
3. Sports.
   1. To dribble a ball or puck.
   2. To advance by dribbling: dribbled down the court.

v.tr.

1. To let flow or fall in drops or an unsteady stream.
2. Sports.
   1. To move (a ball or puck) by repeated light bounces or kicks, as in basketball or soccer.
   2. To hit (a baseball, for example) so that it bounces slowly.

n.

1. A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
2. A small quantity; a bit.
3. Sports. The act of dribbling a ball.

[Frequentative of obsolete drib, alteration of DRIP.]

dribbler drib'bler n.

verb

1. To fall or let fall in drops of liquid: distill, drip, drop, trickle, weep. See rise/fall.
2. To let saliva run from the mouth: drivel, drool, salivate, slaver, slobber. See dry/wet, mouth.

noun

The process or sound of dripping: drip, trickle. See rise/fall, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

v

Definition: trickle
Antonyms: pour

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
  Synonyms: drip, trickle

Meaning #2: saliva spilling from the mouth
  Synonyms: drool, drivel, slobber

Meaning #3: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
  Synonym: dribbling

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The verb dribble has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream
  Synonyms: trickle, filter

Meaning #2: let or cause to fall in drops
  Synonym: drip

Meaning #3: move, as in hockey or soccer
  Synonym: carry

Meaning #4: let saliva drivel from the mouth
  Synonyms: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - savle, dryppe, sive
v. tr. - lade dryppe, lade sive, lade pible, drible
n. - savlen, piblende vandstrøm, dribling

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwijlen, (weg)druppelen, dribbelen (voetbal), stroompje, dribble

Français (French)
v. intr. - tomber goutte à goutte, couler lentement, baver, (Sport) dribbler
v. tr. - baver, dégouliner, (Sport) dribbler
n. - petite goutte

Deutsch (German)
v. - tröpfeln, sabbern, speicheln, (Sport) dribbeln
n. - Dribbeln, Tröpfeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στάζω, σταλάζω, σαλιάζω, (αθλοπ.) ντριμπλάρω, κάνω ντρίμπλες
n. - σταλαγμός, σταγόνα, ντρίμπλα

Italiano (Italian)
sbavare, dribblare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pingar
n. - gota (m), chuvisqueiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
сочиться, капать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - babear, driblar, gotear
v. tr. - caer gota a gota, driblar
n. - gotitas, regate

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - droppa, dregla
n. - droppande, duggregn

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
滴下, 细流, 使滴下, 使一滴一滴地落下, 点滴, 少量, 口水

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 滴下, 細流
v. tr. - 使滴下, 使一滴一滴地落下
n. - 點滴, 少量, 口水

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 뚝뚝 떨어지다, 드리블하다
v. tr. - 조금씩 내다, ~을 뚝뚝 떨어지게 하다
n. - 뚝뚝 떨어지기, 가랑비

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - したたる, よだれを垂らす, したたらせる
n. - したたり, 少量

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوجه الكرة نحو الهدف بتربيتات أو رفسات قصيرة سريعه (الاسم) لعاب سائل من الفم, تدفق ضئيل أو متقطع من سائل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮טפטף, זב‬
v. tr. - ‮טפטף, זב, כידרר‬
n. - ‮טפטוף, טיפה, כדרור, זרזיף‬

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