MEANING
1. To flow or release a small, slow stream or succession of drops.
2. To move a ball using repeated small touches or bounces.
3. A small stream or amount of liquid.
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Words that belong together
- water dribbles
- dribble down a wall
On the page
Water dribbled down the wall.
He dribbled paint onto the floor.
A little saliva dribbled from the dog’s mouth.
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Word forms
- Base
- dribble
- Past tense
- dribbled
- Past participle
- dribbled
- Present participle
- dribbling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- dribble
- Present continuous
- am/is/are dribbling
- Present perfect
- have/has dribbled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been dribbling
- Past
- dribbled
- Past continuous
- was/were dribbling
- Past perfect
- had dribbled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been dribbling
- Future
- will dribble
- Future continuous
- will be dribbling
- Future perfect
- will have dribbled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been dribbling
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: dribble; dribbles; dribbled; dribbled; dribbling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: dribbles.
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