0 past simple and past participle of dribble --
1 to (cause a liquid to) flow very slowly in small amounts: --
2 to have liquid slowly coming out of your mouth: --
Babies dribble constantly.
3 in football or hockey, to move a ball along the ground with repeated small kicks or hits, or (in basketball) to move a ball by repeatedly hitting it against the floor with your hand: --
Prison policy is far too important to be a political football dribbled between parties.
Anyway, that started things off and after that we had the stop measures, but they were dribbled out.
Inevitably more measures had to be taken because they were dribbled out gradually.
It reminds me unhappily of cash handouts in the past which ultimately dribbled away into the quicksands.
It is alleged that, after the £2 million had dribbled in, the account holder requested that the sum be transferred to an offshore account.
Will it be spent this year, or will it be gradually dribbled out over the next two or three years?
Alternatively, will they be dribbled on to the market?
I am glad that the dogs have dribbled and that we are having this argument.
