Found 1 items, similar to Dribbing.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dribbing Dribble \Drib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.] 1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves. [1913 Webster] 2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel. [1913 Webster] 3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] “The dribbling dart of love.” --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.] [1913 Webster] 4. In basketball, football and similar games, to dribble[2] the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] [Cf. Drip.] To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. [1913 Webster] He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden. (c) To lead along step by step; to entice. [1913 Webster] With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. -- Dryden. [1913 Webster]