dribbling

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of dribble

noun

  1. An amount of liquid that is dribbled.
    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. 1850, The Journal of the Horticultural Society of London
    From the mouth you early observe a dribbling of saliva of a sticky nature and mixed with air, and of a disagreeable fetor […] 1866, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command

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