What does "dribble" mean?
Dribble: To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
Additional senses
- 2.To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of love." Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.]
- 3.To let fall in drops. Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift.
- 4.A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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