dribble
nounEtymology From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
1
Drool; saliva.
2
Colloquial Rubbish; worthless matter.
- Your pieces are amateur at best—at worst they are a commercial hoax—something you’d find at Kmart for the kids to take back to their dorms. Frankly, I’m shocked you would waste my time with this dribble. You are no artist, my dear.2006, Mary Carter, chapter 27, in She’ll Take It, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 231:
- “Are these mangers also called ‘Labor Camps’? Those baby production lines Hitler set up to produce a race of pure bloods.” / “No,” said Ute, openly irritated at the remark. She looked over at Captain Browder, saying with her eyes, “Do we have to keep on with this dribble?” / Browder broke in, “Trank, let’s cut out this insignificant ramble. Let’s go straight to the subject of mangers where girls can give birth in secret.”2007, Paul F. F. Hood with Carra Leah Hood, chapter 15, in Tomorrow, Soldier, part 3 (Himmler’s Gas Station), Bloomington, Ind.; Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 244:
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- I’ve returned everything that I borrowed and then some, but it never sat well with her father and he disowned her right along with me. Michael, did you know that I’m low life scum? Well, that’s what he called me the last time we were together. I apologize, I should never have bothered you with this dribble.2016, William McChesney, “Back to the War”, in Retribution: They Must All Die, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, →ISBN:
3
A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
4
A small amount of a liquid.
5
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
6
A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- Derived terms
- dribblesome, dripple, seal dribble
- Related terms
- crossover dribble, double dribble, dribble glass, dribble penetration, dribbly, kill one's dribble