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Word: Dribble
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century: frequentative of obsolete drib, variant of drip. The original sense was ‘shoot an arrow short or wide of its target’, which was also a sense of drib
ˈdrɪbl
(of a liquid) fall slowly in drops or a thin stream
Short Definition:(of liquid) fall in thin stream
Examples:- rain dribbled down the window
(in soccer, hockey, and basketball) take (the ball) forwards past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing
Short Definition:direct ball with small movements
Examples:- he attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area
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