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Dribble vs Overdribble - What's the difference?

dribble | overdribble |

In basketball terms the difference between dribble and overdribble

is that dribble is to bounce the ball on the floor with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it while overdribble is to dribble the ball excessively.

As verbs the difference between dribble and overdribble

is that dribble is to let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool while overdribble is to dribble the ball excessively.

As a noun dribble

is a weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.

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

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    overdribble

    English

    Verb

    (overdribbl)
  • (basketball) To dribble the ball excessively.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 24, author=Harvey Araton, title=For Duke Star, Family Lore in Boston, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The series would end with Magic overdribbling the Lakers into a Game 7 defeat in Boston, where Bird’s triumph over Johnson was illuminated like a darkened Garden full of victory cigars. }}