Dribble vs Downpour - What's the difference?
dribble | downpour |
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
in various ball games, to move the ball, by repeated light kicks
A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
A small amount of a liquid.
In sport, the act of dribbling.
To pour down; rain heavily.
* 2002 , Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211 :
As verbs the difference between dribble and downpour
is that dribble is while downpour is to pour down; rain heavily.As a noun downpour is
a heavy rain.dribble
English
Verb
(dribbl)- Let the cook dribble it all the way upstairs.
Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----downpour
English
Synonyms
* cloudburst * deluge * rain * rainstorm * storm * wet * torrent * monsoon * inundationVerb
(en verb)- It started to downpour , so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.