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Dribble vs Drooling - What's the difference?

dribble | drooling |

As verbs the difference between dribble and drooling

is that dribble is while drooling is .

As a noun drooling is

the act of one who drools.

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.

    • Related terms

    * crossover dribble * double dribble * dribble glass * dribble penetration * dribbly * kill one's dribble

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    drooling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * droolingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who drools.
  • * 2013 , James Nairne, Psychology (page 209)
    • Pavlov referred to these premature droolings as “psychic” secretions, and he began to study why they occurred, in part to avoid future contamination of his digestion experiments.