Drivel vs. Dribble

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  • Drivel (noun)

    senseless talk; nonsense

  • Drivel (noun)

    saliva, drool

  • Drivel (noun)

    A fool; an idiot.

  • Drivel (noun)

    A servant; a drudge.

  • Drivel (verb)

    To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.

  • Drivel (verb)

    To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly.

  • Drivel (verb)

    To be weak or foolish; to dote.

  • 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
  • Drivel (noun)

    nonsense

    “don’t talk such drivel!”

  • Drivel (verb)

    talk nonsense

    “he was drivelling on about the glory days”

  • Drivel (verb)

    let saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose

    “the nurse leaves you to drivel, and never wipes your nose”

  • 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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