Definition of Dribbles

1. Verb. (third-person singular of dribble) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of dribble) ¹

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Definition of Dribbles

1. dribble [v] - See also: dribble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dribbles

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

Literary usage of Dribbles

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

1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1852)
"... and water-proof bags in the day, to receive the urine as it dribbles from the patient, include about all the justifiable means at our command. ..."

2. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1898)
"Boanerges dribbles was announced, with the long face of a professional beggar, ... I see you want help, and it's all very dreadful, of course, Mr. dribbles ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"The saliva dribbles from his mouth constantly. ... The saliva still dribbles from the mouth. When rising from a chair he lost his balance and fell to the ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"10/Л. Wounds discharge but little pus ; fresh cut looks clean and healthy, although the urine still dribbles from it; scarcely any passes by the ..."

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