Words that rhyme with dribble

  • acquittal
    n 1: a judgment of not guilty [ant: condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence]
  • belittle
    v 1: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" [syn: minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate] 2: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" [syn: disparage, belittle, pick at] [ant: blandish, flatter] 3: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" [syn: diminish, belittle]
  • brittle
    adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly] 2: lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman" 3: (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured [syn: brittle, unannealed] n 1: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [syn: brittle, toffee, toffy]
  • bubble
    n 1: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) 2: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble" [syn: house of cards, bubble] 3: an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" 4: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic v 1: form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" 2: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] 3: rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" 4: cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid" 5: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" [syn: burp, bubble, belch, eruct]
  • committal
    n 1: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) [syn: commitment, committal, consignment] 2: the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, commission, committal]
  • cripple
    n 1: someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back v 1: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" [syn: cripple, stultify] 2: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple, lame]
  • dibble
    n 1: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: dibble, dibber] v 1: plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs" 2: make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"
  • kibble
    n 1: coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food) 2: an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
  • nibble
    n 1: a small byte [syn: nybble, nibble] 2: gentle biting v 1: bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker" 2: bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear" 3: eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" [syn: nibble, pick, piece]
  • quibble
    n 1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: quibble, quiddity, cavil] v 1: evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections 2: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble]
  • scribble
    n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography] 2: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle] v 1: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble, scrabble] 2: write carelessly [syn: scribble, scrawl]
  • sibyl
    n 1: a woman who tells fortunes 2: (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
  • brickle
    adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly]
  • chicle
    n 1: gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle, chicle gum]
  • nybble
    n 1: a small byte [syn: nybble, nibble]
  • gribble
  • beall
  • cribble
  • diboll
  • fribble
  • gibble
  • hybl
  • kibbel
  • kibell
  • pribble
  • pribyl
  • ribble
  • tribble
  • przybyl

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