Definition of: dribble

(drib′əl) v.t. & v.i. ·bled, ·bling
1. To fall or let fall in drops; drip.
2. To drool; drivel.
3. In basketball, to propel (the ball) by bouncing with the hands.
4. In soccer, to propel (the ball) by successive pushes or kicks with the feet.
—noun
1. A small quantity of a liquid falling in drops or flowing in a scanty and broken stream.
2. Scot. Showery or drizzly weather.
3. In basketball and soccer, the act of dribbling. [Freq. of DRIB]
—drib′·bler noun