dribblingn.

Etymology: < dribble v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdribbling.

a. A falling in a trickling stream or succession of drops or small quantities.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [noun] > succession of drops > in a stream

dribblement1599

dribbling1669

1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 May (1976) IX. 540 The day also being unpleasing..and now and then a little dribbling of rain.

a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 153 A whitish Sparry Crust, with semi-lunar Processes on the surface of it, owing their Form to the dribling of the Water that passed over it.

1790 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 2 516 The dribbling of urine..ceased.

b. concrete. That which is dribbled, or given forth in driblets; a dropping.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > droppings

treddlec1000

treddlingc1440

trittle1526

trickle1598

dribbling1599

trindle1607

sheep's pellet1647

button1684

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a trifling amount

dribbling1661

trifle1722

dab1729

dribc1730

smatters1766

penny number1845

diddly1964

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 95/1 Take sixe, or seaven sheepe dribbelinges, as fresh as the sheepe avoydeth them.

1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. H4 Out of all's ill-gotten store, He gives a dribling to the poor.

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2. Association Football. See dribble v. 4.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

dribblingadj.

Etymology: < dribble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdribbling.

That dribbles (in various senses).

1. Giving forth in driblets.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk

babblinga1250

chatteringa1250

drivellinga1475

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

prating1528

bluddering1553

chatting1589

mouthy1589

dribbling1593

tinkling1625

stultiloquious1683

havering1720

vaniloquent1727

haverela1774

havering1808

stultiloquent1845

yattering1859

blethery1889

blithering1889

yackety-yacking1953

yacketing1958

nattering1959

yacking1959

chopsy1974

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 14 Pidlinge and driblinge Confuters, that sitt all day buzzing vpon a blunt point.

2. Flowing out in a dropping stream, trickling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [adjective]

dropping?a1400

distillingc1485

stillinga1542

distillantc1550

drivelling1570

stillant1610

dribbling1627

drilling1634

stillatitious1656

1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 186 The Hower-glasse..whose dribbling sands..make mee too much to feele Your slackenesse hither.

1679 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 460 Dribling raine and mists.

1877 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth (ed. 4) iii. 29 It is no dribbling rivulet..but a rejoicing river.

figurative.1683 J. Dryden Prol. to the King & Queen sig. B^v We'll take no blundring Verse, no fustian Tumour, No dribling Love, from this or that Presumer.

3. figurative. Inconsiderable; made up of petty or trifling items.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

rubbish1565

baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

palting1579

baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

mean1600

rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

threepenny1613

pelsy1631

pimping1640

triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

rubbishy1753

shabby1753

scrubby1754

poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xvii. 597 There passed some dribbling skirmishes [L. levia proelia] betweene the..Carthaginians, and..the Romanes.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 45 A long suit for a dribling debt.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 55 Small temptations allure but dribling offendors.

1672 E. Ravenscroft Citizen turn'd Gentleman ii. i. 29 Cur. I stand indebted to you. Jord. A few dribbling sums, Sir.

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4. That allows saliva or moisture to flow from the mouth, as a dribbling child.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dribbling
释义	dribblingn. Etymology: < dribble v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdribbling. 1. a. A falling in a trickling stream or succession of drops or small quantities. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [noun] > succession of drops > in a stream dribblement1599 dribbling1669 1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 May (1976) IX. 540 The day also being unpleasing..and now and then a little dribbling of rain. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 153 A whitish Sparry Crust, with semi-lunar Processes on the surface of it, owing their Form to the dribling of the Water that passed over it. 1790 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 2 516 The dribbling of urine..ceased. b. concrete. That which is dribbled, or given forth in driblets; a dropping. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > droppings treddlec1000 treddlingc1440 trittle1526 trickle1598 dribbling1599 trindle1607 sheep's pellet1647 button1684 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a trifling amount dribbling1661 trifle1722 dab1729 dribc1730 smatters1766 penny number1845 diddly1964 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 95/1 Take sixe, or seaven sheepe dribbelinges, as fresh as the sheepe avoydeth them. 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. H4 Out of all's ill-gotten store, He gives a dribling to the poor. Categories » 2. Association Football. See dribble v. 4. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020). dribblingadj. Etymology: < dribble v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdribbling. That dribbles (in various senses). 1. Giving forth in driblets. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk babblinga1250 chatteringa1250 drivellinga1475 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 prating1528 bluddering1553 chatting1589 mouthy1589 dribbling1593 tinkling1625 stultiloquious1683 havering1720 vaniloquent1727 haverela1774 havering1808 stultiloquent1845 yattering1859 blethery1889 blithering1889 yackety-yacking1953 yacketing1958 nattering1959 yacking1959 chopsy1974 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 14 Pidlinge and driblinge Confuters, that sitt all day buzzing vpon a blunt point. 2. Flowing out in a dropping stream, trickling. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [adjective] dropping?a1400 distillingc1485 stillinga1542 distillantc1550 drivelling1570 stillant1610 dribbling1627 drilling1634 stillatitious1656 1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 186 The Hower-glasse..whose dribbling sands..make mee too much to feele Your slackenesse hither. 1679 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 460 Dribling raine and mists. 1877 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth (ed. 4) iii. 29 It is no dribbling rivulet..but a rejoicing river. figurative.1683 J. Dryden Prol. to the King & Queen sig. B^v We'll take no blundring Verse, no fustian Tumour, No dribling Love, from this or that Presumer. 3. figurative. Inconsiderable; made up of petty or trifling items. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xvii. 597 There passed some dribbling skirmishes [L. levia proelia] betweene the..Carthaginians, and..the Romanes. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 45 A long suit for a dribling debt. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 55 Small temptations allure but dribling offendors. 1672 E. Ravenscroft Citizen turn'd Gentleman ii. i. 29 Cur. I stand indebted to you. Jord. A few dribbling sums, Sir. Thesaurus » Categories » 4. That allows saliva or moisture to flow from the mouth, as a dribbling child. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1599adj.1593
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