Definition of Dribbling

1. Noun. The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks.

Exact synonyms: Dribble
Generic synonyms: Actuation, Propulsion
Category relationships: Association Football, Soccer, Basketball, Basketball Game, Hoops
Specialized synonyms: Double Dribble
Derivative terms: Dribble, Dribble

Definition of Dribbling

1. Verb. (present participle of dribble) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dribbling

1. dribble [v] - See also: dribble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dribbling

dreye
dreys
drib
dribbed
dribber
dribbers
dribbing
dribble
dribbled
dribbler
dribblers
dribbles
dribblet
dribblets
dribblier
dribbling (current term)
dribbly
driblet
driblets
dribs
dribs and drabs
drice
drices
dricksie
dricksier
dried
dried-out
dried-up
dried alum
dried apricot

Literary usage of Dribbling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"You must not be in too great a hurry in dribbling the ball, ... The fact that there is not merely so much dribbling now as there used to be is probably due ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"... when he passed his water also unconsciously ; and from this time there was a constant dribbling of urine, the bladder remaining in a contracted state. ..."

3. On the functional diseases of the renal, urinary and reproductive organs by Donald Campbell Black (1872)
"dribbling of urine occasions, unless precautions be adopted against it, excoriations on the thigh and adjacent parts, causing great annoyance. ..."

4. Michaud's History of the Crusades by Joseph Fr. Michaud (1852)
"... we resemble those modern travellers who have only found a dribbling rivulet in the place of that famous Scamander, of which the imagination of the ..."

5. Specific Diagnosis and Specific Medication by John William Fyfe, John Milton Scudder (1909)
"... others who were unable to prevent constant dribbling of the urine, which rendered them filthy and disagreeable, not only to themselves but to those ..."

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