DRIBBLE

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

2.
v.

To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.

3.
v.

To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of love." Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.]

4.
v.

To let fall in drops. Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift.

5.
n.

A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]

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