dribbling

[drib-uhl]

drib·ble

[drib-uhl] verb, drib·bled, drib·bling, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
2.
to drivel; slaver.
3.
Sports. to advance a ball or puck by bouncing it or giving it a series of short kicks or pushes.
verb (used with object)
4.
to let fall in drops.
5.
Sports.
a.
Basketball. to bounce (the ball) as in advancing or keeping control of it.
b.
(especially in ice hockey and soccer) to move (the ball or puck) along by a rapid succession of short kicks or pushes.

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Dribbling is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
noun
6.
a small trickling stream or a drop.
7.
a small quantity of anything: a dribble of revenue.
8.
Sports. an act or instance of dribbling a ball or puck.
9.
Scot. a drizzle; a light rain.

Origin:
1555–65; frequentative of obsolete drib (v.), probably variant of drip

drib·bler, noun
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dribbling

noun
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks [syn: dribble
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