Drib vs. Dribble

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  • Drib (verb)

    To cut off; chop off.

  • Drib (verb)

    To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.

  • Drib (verb)

    To entice step by step.

  • Drib (verb)

    To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.

  • Drib (verb)

    To shoot directly at short range.

  • Drib (verb)

    To shoot at a mark at short range.

  • Drib (verb)

    To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.

  • Drib (verb)

    To beat; thrash; drub.

  • Drib (verb)

    To scold.

  • Drib (verb)

    To strike another player’s marble when playing from the trigger.

  • Drib (noun)

    A drop.

  • Dribble (verb)

    To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool

  • Dribble (verb)

    To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle

  • Dribble (verb)

    In various ball games, to run with the ball, controlling its path with the feet

  • Dribble (verb)

    To bounce the ball on the floor with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it

  • Dribble (verb)

    To advance by dribbling en

  • Dribble (verb)

    to let something fall in drips

  • Dribble (verb)

    in various ball games, to move the ball by repeated light kicks so as not to lose control of it.

  • Dribble (verb)

    To live or pass one’s time in a trivial fashion.

  • Dribble (noun)

    Drool; saliva.

  • Dribble (noun)

    A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.

  • Dribble (noun)

    A small amount of a liquid.

  • Dribble (noun)

    In sport, the act of dribbling.

Wiktionary
  • Dribble (verb)

    (of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream

    “rain dribbled down the window”

  • Dribble (verb)

    pour (a liquid) slowly in a thin stream

    “he dribbled cream into his coffee”

  • Dribble (verb)

    allow saliva to run from the mouth

    “his mouth was open and he was dribbling”

  • Dribble (verb)

    (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”

  • Dribble (noun)

    saliva running from the mouth

    “there was dribble down his chin”

  • Dribble (noun)

    (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”

Oxford Dictionary

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