dribbles 1 of 2

plural of dribble

dribbles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dribble
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as in drools
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth picnickers dribbling in eager anticipation of the hamburgers on the grill

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Recent Examples of dribbles
Noun
The 28-year-old possesses all the hallmarks of a flair player — the jinking dribbles, the moments of outrageous skill — and pairs them with a relentless work ethic off the ball. Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
Scottie Barnes #4 of the Toronto Raptors dribbles the ball against Payton Pritchard #11 of the Boston Celtics at Scotiabank Arena on February 25, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 The Belgian winger then dribbles past Shaw, before assisting Foden, who scores with a header into the far corner. Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dribbles
Noun
  • The pattern is a brownish batik produced by specks of tobacco.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kristen Scott Thomas, an actress who drips contempt with the acidity of a xenomorph’s blood, doesn’t want to waste time on Roddy’s romantic delusion.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That information drips out in the regular media but is almost nonexistent on social media.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reed landed multiple Tsunami splashes on Reigns, who was stretchered out of the arena.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Coppola splashes the screen with kaleidoscopic clips and a collage-like energy to show off their genius.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To enjoy lamb chops like a local, get your hands a little dirty (no utensils, please) and make sure to bite off the thin strip of meat that attaches to the bone from top to bottom—one of my favorite bits.
    Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
  • China placed its big bets on physical infrastructure; the US is instead gambling on bits and bytes.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Global governance void whilst capital flows faster than regulation.
    Sean Evins, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Rhoden and her colleagues applied models based on Europa's heat shell thickness to Mimas in an effort to determine the thickness of the latter's ice shell and how heat flows across its surface.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its Ozmo roller mop washes itself with hot water and dries with heated air.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike on Earth, however, where rain washes dust from the air, Martian dust can linger for months.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the ocean spits her back out.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The crew rescues the tech CEO by resuscitating him after the whale spits him out.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This uncanny coincidence — that the Earth’s radiation lines up with the energies of carbon dioxide’s mixed vibrational/rotational quantum state — is how this tiny trace of molecules, mere flecks in the air, completely dominates our climate.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

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