dribble
/ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.06 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
Example Sentences
- "The baby dribbled onto its bib."
- "The last formal word of compliment was spoken and the audience dribbled away with a sense of having performed a duty only slightly less meritorious than that of going to church."
- "Denny slid over a couple of steps and swung feebly at it. The ball hit the wooden frame of his racket and dribbled into the net."
- "Derrick's hand passed along the plate while the catcher flipped and fell on his back in a huge cloud of dust. The ball went dribbling toward the backstop."
- "After two minutes and 25 seconds, he scored with a pea-roller that totally foxed Stoke keeper Dennis Herod and dribbled in off a post."
- "let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room"
Etymology
Etymology tree English drib Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English dribble From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩/
- British English: /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/