(v. i.) To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
(v. i.) To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
(v. i.) To fall weakly and slowly.
(v. t.) To let fall in drops.
(n.) A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
Example Sentences:
(1) After two placings of shares with institutional investors which began two years ago, the government has been selling shares by “dribbling” them into the market.
(2) Villas-Boas paid £15m to bring the Belgian from Fulham and the signs are that he could prove a bargain, as Dembélé is emerging as one of the most complete midfielders in the Premier League, boasting strength, tenacity, creative passing, tricky dribbling and dangerous shooting.
(3) At one point Liverpool's young, raw full-back could be seen dribbling round Juan Mata.
(4) Alexander says the information is being "dribbled out" in a way that he believes is intended to inflict "maximum harm": I believe it's being done in a way that would cause maximum harm.
(5) A male adolescent presented with perineal dribbling during voiding.
(6) It has emerged, however, from a document that circulated among journalists and academics in South Africa, and which finally dribbled into print in 2005, that Mandela condoned his wife's statement.
(7) His fourth goal was a header from a cross by Jesé, who scored the team’s sixth a minute later after a dribble through the defence and a shot that went in at the base of the post.
(8) This scenario seems a world away from the days when his parents, Dave and Sonia Johnson, realised their five-year-old son manipulated the mini-football he continually dribbled around their home in Easington, County Durham, with quite extraordinary dexterity.
(9) Yet the veteran’s touch betrayed weary limbs, forcing him wide, with his shot dribbling beyond the far post and behind.
(10) Stoke kept Sánchez mostly subdued until the 57th minute, when the South American embarked on a dribble of which Diego Maradona would have been proud.
(11) at times they have carved Chelsea open with some cracking short dribbles and quick unpredictable movement, but sadly have picked up a couple of their least desirable traits."
(12) The centre-half had collected a throw-in on 15 minutes and attempted a blind pass infield, only to dribble the ball straight to a rampaging Costa.
(13) Following dilatation, bladder emptying into condom catheters was achieved in all patients without dribbling incontinence.
(14) I’ll make sure they stay interested.” Trump’s post-convention tribulations just prompted Time magazine to publish a stylised image of his head dribbling like hot wax beside a single word headline: “ Meltdown ”.
(15) Richards’s association with City goes back to the age of 14, when he arrived for a trial from Oldham Athletic and remembers being blown away by Shaleum Logan “playing up front, dribbling around everyone, and I was thinking: ’Oh my God, he’s unbelievable.’ I wasn’t used to the pace of the game.
(16) He was teed up by Gervinho, who had put the fear into Colombia with another dribble, but Kalou scuffed straight at Ospina from 18 yards.
(17) 8.22pm GMT 36 min: Kagawa dinks and dribbles down the right and into the area.
(18) The most frequent symptoms were poor stream (in 70%), frequency (50%) and dribbling (37%), while 30 % had nocturia, and 20% urgency, dysuria or perineal pain during voiding.
(19) They can’t look straight at me – they’re dribbling wrecks.” Rob was killed 20 years ago, but Kilgour didn’t begin to process his death until he started getting arrested repeatedly for violent assault.
(20) Reformers finally have the jolt in the arm they needed to prevent the positive impact of Snowden’s revelations dribbling away.
Dribbly
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) After two placings of shares with institutional investors which began two years ago, the government has been selling shares by “dribbling” them into the market.
(2) Villas-Boas paid £15m to bring the Belgian from Fulham and the signs are that he could prove a bargain, as Dembélé is emerging as one of the most complete midfielders in the Premier League, boasting strength, tenacity, creative passing, tricky dribbling and dangerous shooting.
(3) At one point Liverpool's young, raw full-back could be seen dribbling round Juan Mata.
(4) Alexander says the information is being "dribbled out" in a way that he believes is intended to inflict "maximum harm": I believe it's being done in a way that would cause maximum harm.
(5) A male adolescent presented with perineal dribbling during voiding.
(6) It has emerged, however, from a document that circulated among journalists and academics in South Africa, and which finally dribbled into print in 2005, that Mandela condoned his wife's statement.
(7) His fourth goal was a header from a cross by Jesé, who scored the team’s sixth a minute later after a dribble through the defence and a shot that went in at the base of the post.
(8) This scenario seems a world away from the days when his parents, Dave and Sonia Johnson, realised their five-year-old son manipulated the mini-football he continually dribbled around their home in Easington, County Durham, with quite extraordinary dexterity.
(9) Yet the veteran’s touch betrayed weary limbs, forcing him wide, with his shot dribbling beyond the far post and behind.
(10) Stoke kept Sánchez mostly subdued until the 57th minute, when the South American embarked on a dribble of which Diego Maradona would have been proud.
(11) at times they have carved Chelsea open with some cracking short dribbles and quick unpredictable movement, but sadly have picked up a couple of their least desirable traits."
(12) The centre-half had collected a throw-in on 15 minutes and attempted a blind pass infield, only to dribble the ball straight to a rampaging Costa.
(13) Following dilatation, bladder emptying into condom catheters was achieved in all patients without dribbling incontinence.
(14) I’ll make sure they stay interested.” Trump’s post-convention tribulations just prompted Time magazine to publish a stylised image of his head dribbling like hot wax beside a single word headline: “ Meltdown ”.
(15) Richards’s association with City goes back to the age of 14, when he arrived for a trial from Oldham Athletic and remembers being blown away by Shaleum Logan “playing up front, dribbling around everyone, and I was thinking: ’Oh my God, he’s unbelievable.’ I wasn’t used to the pace of the game.
(16) He was teed up by Gervinho, who had put the fear into Colombia with another dribble, but Kalou scuffed straight at Ospina from 18 yards.
(17) 8.22pm GMT 36 min: Kagawa dinks and dribbles down the right and into the area.
(18) The most frequent symptoms were poor stream (in 70%), frequency (50%) and dribbling (37%), while 30 % had nocturia, and 20% urgency, dysuria or perineal pain during voiding.
(19) They can’t look straight at me – they’re dribbling wrecks.” Rob was killed 20 years ago, but Kilgour didn’t begin to process his death until he started getting arrested repeatedly for violent assault.
(20) Reformers finally have the jolt in the arm they needed to prevent the positive impact of Snowden’s revelations dribbling away.