Slaver vs Dribble - What's the difference?
slaver | dribble |
To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
To fawn.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
To be besmeared with saliva.
saliva running from the mouth; drool
* Alexander Pope
a person engaged in the slave trade
white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'
(nautical) a ship used to transport slaves
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.
In transitive terms the difference between slaver and dribble
is that slaver is to smear with saliva issuing from the mouth while dribble is in various ball games, to move the ball, by repeated light kicks.As verbs the difference between slaver and dribble
is that slaver is to drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber while dribble is to let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool.As nouns the difference between slaver and dribble
is that slaver is saliva running from the mouth; drool while dribble is a weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.slaver
English
Etymology 1
From medieval English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from (etyl) slafra "to slaver", probably imitativeVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (emit saliva ): drool, slobberNoun
(-)- Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.
Etymology 2
From the verb slave 'enslave, traffic in slaves'Noun
(en noun)References
* *Anagrams
* * * * * * English heteronyms ----dribble
English
Verb
(dribbl)- Let the cook dribble it all the way upstairs.