dribble
noun/ˈdrɪbl/
/ˈdrɪbl/
- [countable] a very small amount of liquid, in a thin stream
- a dribble of blood
- Add just a dribble of oil.
- [uncountable] (especially British English) saliva (= liquid) from a person’s mouth
- There was dribble all down the baby's front.
- [countable] the act of dribbling the ball in a sportTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of drip. The original sense was ‘shoot an arrow short or wide of its target’, which was also a sense of drib.
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