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dribbling

dribbling

6 2.9
A way of moving a ball by small repeated touches to keep control
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɪb.lɪŋ/
translation icon : driblar
  • Yeah, Yeah, I got them on the arms, like dribbling up the court.
  • basketball dribbling
  • soccer dribbling
  • dribbling skills

And Messi, Messi style works really good for dribbling versus Ronaldo.

Examples

  • So rock on his speed, his passing, his shooting, dribbling and everything.

  • I was out there all night shooting, dribbling, working on everything I could because I just saw myself in the NBA.

  • I'm just trying to improve my dribbling a little bit.

    Betray (2023)

  • For example, students learn the skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting before they play basketball.

    Academic text (2015)

  • In gym class, everyone worked on dribbling, passing, and sprinting.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • CR7 is a great player, a unique combination of pace, dribbling, and shooting abilities.

    Blog text (8)

  • All three had different styles, and all three can penetrate with adequate dribbling skills.

    Blog text (21)

  • Teachers do this by introducing sport-specific rules, such as a "no contact" rule in netball and "three step dribbling" in basketball.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The activities alternated between locomotor activities such as tag games and manipulative activities such as striking, kicking, and dribbling.

    Academic text (2015)

  • During the basketball game, his expert dribbling allowed him to evade defenders easily.

Synonyms

dribble
vsdribbling
11 3.0

The act of moving a ball forward by touching it again and again, like in basketball

is the same action expressed as the continuous noun form

Compounds

dribbling drunk
  • Slang
9.3

A person who is very drunk and helpless, often drooling

How Continuous

dribbling
6 2.9
to kick
∞ 1.0
tap
66 1.0

Surface Forms

dribbling singular
dribblings plural

Morphology

dribbling = dribble (transparent) = dribble + ing

A regular -ing nominalization of the verb 'dribble'; learners who know the verb can infer the noun meaning (the action or skill).

Etymology

Dribbling comes from an old word that meant 'to drip' or 'let fall in drops', and is the same root as drip. So in sport, to dribble a ball is like moving it forward with many small touches, as if the ball is 'dripping' along, which explains the modern meaning.