Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dribble
Participle: dribbled
Gerund: dribbling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dribble |
| you | dribble |
| he;she;it | dribbles |
| we | dribble |
| you | dribble |
| they | dribble |
Perfect
| I | have dribbled |
| you | have dribbled |
| he;she;it | has dribbled |
| we | have dribbled |
| you | have dribbled |
| they | have dribbled |
Past
| I | dribbled |
| you | dribbled |
| he;she;it | dribbled |
| we | dribbled |
| you | dribbled |
| they | dribbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dribbled |
| you | had dribbled |
| he;she;it | had dribbled |
| we | had dribbled |
| you | had dribbled |
| they | had dribbled |
Future
| I | will dribble |
| you | will dribble |
| he;she;it | will dribble |
| we | will dribble |
| you | will dribble |
| they | will dribble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dribbled |
| you | will have dribbled |
| he;she;it | will have dribbled |
| we | will have dribbled |
| you | will have dribbled |
| they | will have dribbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dribble |
| you | dribble |
| he;she;it | dribble |
| we | dribble |
| you | dribble |
| they | dribble |
Perfect
| I | have dribbled |
| you | have dribbled |
| he;she;it | have dribbled |
| we | have dribbled |
| you | have dribbled |
| they | have dribbled |
Imperfect
| I | dribbled |
| you | dribbled |
| he;she;it | dribbled |
| we | dribbled |
| you | dribbled |
| they | dribbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dribbled |
| you | had dribbled |
| he;she;it | had dribbled |
| we | had dribbled |
| you | had dribbled |
| they | had dribbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dribble |
| you | would dribble |
| he;she;it | would dribble |
| we | would dribble |
| you | would dribble |
| they | would dribble |
Perfect
| I | would have dribbled |
| you | would have dribbled |
| he;she;it | would have dribbled |
| we | would have dribbled |
| you | would have dribbled |
| they | would have dribbled |
Imperative
| you | dribble |
| we | Let's dribble |
| you | dribble |
Verbs conjugated like 'dribble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dribble'
cribble,
dibble,
drabble,
fribble,
bedribble,
bibble,
brabble,
crabble,
dabble,
drinkle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English drib
3. Proto-Germanic *-lōną
4. Old English -lian
5. Middle English -len
6. English -le
7. English dribble
8. From drib + -le (frequentative suffix).
Verbs referencing "dribble"
Swedish
dribbla, German, old spelling
dribbeln, Irish
druibleáil, Icelandic
dripla, Cebuano dribol.
Sample Sentences
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The baby dribbled onto its bib.
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The last formal word of compliment was spoken and the audience dribbled away with a sense of having performed a duty only slightly less meritorious than that of going to church. [1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:]
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Denny slid over a couple of steps and swung feebly at it. The ball hit the wooden frame of his racket and dribbled into the net. [1952, Charles Coombs, Young Readers Sports Treasury, page 14:]
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Derrick's hand passed along the plate while the catcher flipped and fell on his back in a huge cloud of dust. The ball went dribbling toward the backstop. [1991, David Halecroft, Wild Pitch, →ISBN, page 56:]
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After two minutes and 25 seconds, he scored with a pea-roller that totally foxed Stoke keeper Dennis Herod and dribbled in off a post. [2017, Scott Murray, The Title: The Story of the First Division, →ISBN, page 138:]
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let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room [1731 (date written; published 1745), [Jonathan] Swift, Directions to Servants […], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], and M. Cooper, […], →OCLC:]