Synonyms of dribbles

dribbles 1 of 2

noun

plural of dribble

as in specks

a very small piece

news about the remote earthquake was coming in dribbles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• specks
• bits
• flecks
• particles
• scraps
• patches
• snippets
• mouthfuls
• drops
• crumbs
• licks
• grains
• molecules
• bites
• slivers
• granules
• atoms
• snips
• fragments
• dashes
• whispers
• nuggets
• motes
• traces
• pinches
• morsels
• scruples
• touches
• flyspecks
• nubbins
• nibbles
• tittles
• dabs
• fractions
• driblets
• portions
• ounces
• streaks
• shreds
• sections
• tastes
• titbits
• parts
• shards
• minims
• spots
• clippings
• jots
• chips
• tidbits
• smidges
• halfpence
• splinters
• halfpennies
• smidgeons
• nutshells
• shivers
• mites
• strains
• flakes
• iotas
• suspicions
• smidgens
• aces
• shavings
• smatters
• whits
• haets
• modicums
• smidgins
• kennings
• ha'pennies
• parings
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• chunks
• slabs
• lumps
• loads
• quantities
• buckets
• masses
• gobs
• barrels
• volumes
• piles
• mountains
• bushels
• pots
• stacks
• hunks
• rafts
• deals
• heaps
• abundances
• pecks
• wads
• scads
• wealths
• profusions

dribbles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dribble

1

as in drips

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops

water dribbling over the lip of the fountain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drips
• flows
• pours
• trickles
• drops
• distils
• sprinkles
• streams
• distills
• rolls
• ripples
• drizzles
• runs
• seeps
• weeps
• cascades
• oozes
• bleeds
• exudes
• discharges
• riffles
• gutters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gushes
• spouts
• spurts

2

as in splashes

to flow in a broken irregular stream

rainwater dribbling along the partially clogged gutter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• washes
• drips
• trickles
• bubbles
• gurgles
• ripples
• swirls
• laps
• rushes
• plashes
• swishes
• guggles
• squirts
• drops
• eddies
• spurts
• gushes
• swooshes
• spouts
• purls
• jets
• spews
• swashes
• whishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• runs
• pours
• rolls

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drools
• spits
• salivates
• slobbers
• waters
• drivels
• froths
• slavers
• foams
• sputters
• splutters
• expectorates