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Synonyms for dribble

Synonyms for dribble: drop, filter, drip and trickle. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

4 synonyms · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 2 senses · verb · 2 reason lines · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 4 synonyms for dribble

Interchangeable with dribble, one per sense

Audited under dribble's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one dribble carries in that sense.

  • dropverb, in the sense "let or cause to fall in drops"
  • filterverb, in the sense "run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name dribble as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • dripdrip is a noun in the sense "flowing in drops"
  • trickletrickle is a verb in the sense "to flow slowly in a thin stream"

two of these come from dribble's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelineContact and joining

let or cause to fall in drops

Dribble oil into the mixture.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

drop

Same sentence, swapped: Drop oil into the mixture.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

  • drivel
  • carry
  • transfuse
Sense 2 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelineMovement

run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

Reports began to dribble in.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

filter

Same sentence, swapped: Reports began to filter in.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for dribble in the sentence quoted.

  • drivel
  • carry
  • swirl

Where dribble turns up in the game

dribble is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where dribble is the trap

  • filterverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is strain, in the sense "remove by passing through a filter", and dribble is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play dribble

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dribble reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dribble carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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