dribbling

dribbling

1. present participle and gerund of dribble

dribbling (plural dribblings)

1. An amount of liquid that is dribbled.
   • 1850, The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London:

     In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.

   • 1866, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command:

     From the mouth you early observe a dribbling of saliva of a sticky nature and mixed with air, and of a disagreeable fetor […]

• dribbling drunk

dribbling m (uncountable)

1. (sports) dribbling