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dribble 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈdribəl/,
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dribbles, 3rd person singular present; dribbled, past participle; dribbling, present participle; dribbled, past tense;
  1. (of a liquid) Fall slowly in drops or a thin stream
    • - rain dribbled down the window
  2. Pour (a liquid) in such a way
    • - he dribbled cream into his coffee
  3. Allow saliva to run from the mouth
    • - his mouth was open and he was dribbling
  4. (chiefly in soccer, field hockey, and basketball) Take (the ball) forward past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing
    • - he attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area
    • - he dribbled past a swarm of defenders
Noun
  1. A thin stream of liquid; a trickle
    • - a dribble of blood
  2. Saliva running from the mouth

  3. Foolish talk or ideas; nonsense
    • - don't believe a word of that dribble
  4. (in soccer, hockey, and basketball) An act or instance of taking the ball forward with repeated slight touches or bounces


  1. drip: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
  2. trickle: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"
  3. drool: saliva spilling from the mouth
  4. let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"
  5. the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
  6. propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
  7. The following is a list of characters in the Fudge series of books by Judy Blume about Peter Hatcher and his notorious younger brother, known by the nickname "Fudge". The books include Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Superfudge, Fudge-a-Mania and Double Fudge.
  8. In sports, dribbling refers to the maneuvering of a ball around a defender through short skillful taps or kicks with either the legs (football/soccer), hands (basketball), stick (bandy) or swimming strokes (water polo). ...
  9. A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle; A small amount of a liquid; In sport, the act of dribbling; To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool; To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle; In various ball games, to run with the ball, controlling its path with the feet; To bounce the ball on ...
  10. (dribbly) Prone to dribbling; Having a viscous consistency, similar to dribble or drool
  11. (Dribbling) The basic skill of advancing the ball with the feet while controlling it.
  12. Dribbling is one of the most important skills in soccer. Dribbling is how one player moves the ball up and down the field. To dribble, the player moves the ball back and forth from one foot to the other. ...
  13. (Dribbling) Single player runs while continuously bouncing the ball.
  14. (Dribbling) Your child will learn strong ball handling fundamentals including PROTECTIVE and EVASIVE dribbling techniques.
  15. (dribbling) The process of running and making small, controlled passes to oneself.
  16. (dribbling) burlar, gambeta, meleo, habil con el balon
  17. A player in possession of the ball may not push more than twice in succession with one or both hands in either direction without tapping the ball to the floor again. Taking more than two consecutive pushes constitutes a traveling violation. ...
  18. The feints, twists, turns, tricks and general ball artistry by which the player in possession of the ball attempts to deceive, outwit or simply outmanoeuvre a defending player to get past or away from him.
  19. Insufficiently atomized fuel issuing from the fuel injection nozzle at or immediately following the end of the main injection phase
  20. A dribble is ball movement caused by a player in control who bats (intentionally strikes the basketball with the hand(s)) or pushes the basketball to the floor once or several times.
  21. To control the ball with short strokes of the stick while on the move.
  22. A technique that allows a player to move the ball on the ground using various surfaces of both feet.
  23. action of moving the bouncing ball using 1 hand.
  24. [5:], PO down, FO away, mimes the action of dribbling.
  25. Process by which a player repeatedly bounces the ball off the floor so that it returns to his/her possession. It’s the only legal means by which a player may move the ball across the court.