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Dribble vs Disgorge - What's the difference?

dribble | disgorge |

As verbs the difference between dribble and disgorge

is that dribble is while disgorge is to vomit or spew, to discharge.

dribble

English

Verb

(dribbl)
  • To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool
  • To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
  • In various ball games, to run with the ball, controlling its path with the feet
  • (basketball) To bounce the ball on the floor with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it;
  • To advance by dribbling
  • to let something fall in drips
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • Let the cook dribble it all the way upstairs.
  • in various ball games, to move the ball, by repeated light kicks
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
  • A small amount of a liquid.
  • In sport, the act of dribbling.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    disgorge

    English

    Verb

    (disgorg)
  • To vomit or spew, to discharge.
  • * Hakluyt
  • This mountain when it rageth casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.
  • * Dryden
  • They loudly laughed / To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.
  • To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
  • (oenology) To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the .
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * regurgitate