dribble
verb
[ ˈdrɪb(ə)l ]
• (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream.
• "rain dribbled down the window"
• (in soccer, hockey, and basketball) take (the ball) forwards past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing.
• "he attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area"
dribble
noun
• a thin stream of liquid; a trickle.
• "a dribble of blood"
Similar:
trickle,
drip,
driblet,
small stream,
drizzle,
drop,
dash,
spot,
smear,
splash,
speck,
lick,
• (in soccer, hockey, and basketball) an act of taking the ball forward with repeated slight touches or bounces.
• "a mesmerizing dribble by Daley took him through to confirm Villa's victory"
Origin:
mid 16th century: 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 .
