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dribbler

noun

dribbler is spelled D-R-I-B-B-L-E-R: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dribbler means “A person who dribbles (salivates excessively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dribbler is dribblers.

How many letters and syllables are in dribbler?

Letters8: D-R-I-B-B-L-E-R
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is dribbler?

Dribbler appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of dribbler

  • dribblers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dribbler mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person who dribbles (salivates excessively).

  2. 2

    A person who performs dribbling.

  3. 3

    derogatoryslangA stupid person.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Dribbler in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbaveur, baveuse (Person who dribbles), dribbleur, dribbleuse (Person who performs dribbling)
Portuguesebabão, babona (Person who dribbles), driblador, dribladora (Person who performs dribbling)
Spanishdriblador, dribladora, regateador, regateadora (Person who performs dribbling)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does dribbler come from?

From dribble + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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