dribble

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

drib·ble [dribble dribbles dribbled dribbling] verb, noun BrE [ˈdrɪbl] NAmE [ˈdrɪbl]
verb
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to let ↑saliva or another liquid come out of your mouth and run down your chin
Syn: ↑drool
2. intransitive + adv./prep. to fall in small drops or in a thin stream
•Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.
3. transitive ~ sth (into/over/onto sth) to pour sth slowly, in drops or a thin stream
Syn: ↑drizzle, Syn: ↑trickle
•Dribble a little olive oil over the salad.
4. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (+ adv./prep.) (in football ( ↑soccer ) and some other sports)to move the ball along with several short kicks, hits or ↑bounces
•She dribbled the ball the length of the field.
•He dribbled past two defenders and scored a magnificent goal.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: 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.
 
noun
1. countable a very small amount of liquid, in a thin stream
•a dribble of blood
•Add just a dribble of oil.
2. uncountable (especially BrE) ↑saliva (= liquid) from a person's mouth
•There was dribble all down the baby's front.
3. countable the act of dribbling the ball in a sport

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: 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.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dribbling, drool, drivel, slobber, drip, trickle, slabber, slaver, carry, drop, filter