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drabble
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?æb?l/
- Rhymes: -æb?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English drabelan
Verb
drabble (third-person singular simple present drabbles, present participle drabbling, simple past and past participle drabbled)
- (transitive) To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
- (intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod.
- to drabble for barbels
Etymology 2
From a word game in Monty Python's Big Red Book in which the first player to write a novel wins; the UK Science Fiction fandom agreed that 100 words will suffice; not, as is sometimes stated, from the surname of the author Margaret Drabble.
Noun
drabble (plural drabbles)
- A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.
Usage notes
The "100 words" limit is the original meaning, although in practice (and drabble purists have denounced this extension), it frequently extends up to around 500 words, with a variety of limits used.
Synonyms
- flash fiction, flashfic, microfiction, short short story, spamfic, sudden fiction
Further reading
- An example of a German language drabble
See also
- “drabble” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “drabble”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- barbled, dabbler, rabbled
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dribble
English
Etymology
drib +? -le (early modern English frequentative suffix)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??.b?l/, /d??.bl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??.b??/, /?d??.b(?)l/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Verb
dribble (third-person singular simple present dribbles, present participle dribbling, simple past and past participle dribbled)
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly
- To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- (dated) To live or pass one's time in a trivial fashion.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
Descendants
- ? Czech: driblovat
- ? French: dribbler
Translations
Noun
dribble (countable and uncountable, plural dribbles)
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
Translations
Related terms
- crossover dribble
- double dribble
- dribble glass
- dribble penetration
- dribbly
- kill one's dribble
Anagrams
- dibbler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English dribble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ibl/
Noun
dribble m (plural dribbles)
- (sports) dribble
Verb
dribble
- first-person singular present indicative of dribbler
- third-person singular present indicative of dribbler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of dribbler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of dribbler
- second-person singular imperative of dribbler
German
Verb
dribble
- inflection of dribbeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
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