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• drip
  drip

  verb (used without object)

  to let drops fall; shed drops.
• DRIP
  DRIP

  abbreviation

  dividend reinvestment plan: a program under which investors opt to have their dividends automatically applied to the purchase of more shares in the company, increasing their investment while avoiding commission charges.

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Slang dictionary results for drip.

drip

¹ American  

[drip] / drɪp /

verb (used without object)

• drips,
  present (3rd person singular)
• dripped,
  past participle,  past
• dript,
  past participle,  past (Archaic)
• dripping
  present participle

1. to let drops fall; shed drops.

   This faucet drips.

2. to fall in drops, as a liquid.

   Synonyms:

   drizzle, sprinkle, leak, dribble, trickle

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verb (used with object)

• drips,
  present (3rd person singular)
• dripped,
  past participle,  past
• dript,
  past participle,  past (Archaic)
• dripping
  present participle

1. to let fall in drops.

noun

• drips
  plural

1. an act of dripping.

2. liquid that drips.

3. the sound made by falling drops.

   the irritating drip of a faucet.

4. Slang. an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.

5. (in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface.

6. Architecture, Building Trades. any device, as a molding, for shedding rainwater to keep it from running down a wall, falling onto the sill of an opening, etc.

7. a pipe for draining off condensed steam from a radiator, heat exchanger, etc.

8. Medicine/Medical. intravenous drip.

9. Slang. maudlin sentimentality.

DRIP ² American  

[dee-ahr-ahy-pee, drip] / ˈdiˈɑrˈaɪˈpi, drɪp /

abbreviation

Business, Finance.

1. dividend reinvestment plan: a program under which investors opt to have their dividends automatically applied to the purchase of more shares in the company, increasing their investment while avoiding commission charges.

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drip British  

/ drɪp /

verb

1. to fall or let fall in drops

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noun

1. the formation and falling of drops of liquid

2. the sound made by falling drops

3. architect a projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below

4. informal an inane, insipid person

5. med

   1. the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar

   2. the solution administered

   3. the equipment used to administer a solution in this way

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nondrip
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• drips
  plural

Participles

• dripping
  present
• dripped
  past
• dript
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• drip
  simple
• drips
  simple
• have dripped
  perfect
• have dript
  perfect
• has dripped
  perfect
• has dript
  perfect
• am dripping
  progressive
• are dripping
  progressive
• is dripping
  progressive
• have been dripping
  perfect progressive
• has been dripping
  perfect progressive

Past

• dripped
  simple
• dript
  simple
• had dripped
  perfect
• had dript
  perfect
• was dripping
  progressive
• were dripping
  progressive
• had been dripping
  perfect progressive

Future

• will drip
  simple
• will have dripped
  perfect
• will have dript
  perfect
• will be dripping
  progressive
• will have been dripping
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of drip¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English dryppe, Old English dryppan; cf. drop

Origin of DRIP²

First recorded in 1975–80

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Explanation

When water flows slowly in tiny drops, it drips. The movement of water in this way is called a drip. Have you ever had a leaky faucet? Then you probably know a drip is water leaking out one drop at a time: drip drip drip. A broken faucet has a drip, and you can say the water is dripping. When it rains, it usually starts dripping before it rains harder. When you turn on the shower, it might start as drips. Once the water is flowing strongly and in a stream, it's not dripping anymore.

Example Sentences

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drip drips dripped dript dripping

I make drip coffee using: a scale and a Moccamaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Zuckerberg spoke alongside Wang at the same keynote address, wearing his new Hillsong pastor drip, the T-shirt this time emblazoned with the slogan “Building is my love language.”

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

After surgery, every patient received paracetamol through an intravenous drip every 8 hours.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Council leader Stephen McCabe says a drip feed of closures has left the area facing a desperate jobs crisis, on top of years of deindustrialisation and depopulation.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

I lick around my scoop so it doesn’t drip onto my fingers.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The vineyard has a system of piping spread across 1.85 hectares of the vines, which steadily drips water onto the ground around the plants' roots, and is turned on every few days.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Christie's called Number 7A, 1948, which depicts black drips of paint with touches of red on a huge canvas spanning more than three metres, a key piece of art history.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Rain drips down the plane windows; I complete the “Ask and Trust” deck, which opens with a Dr. Becky video.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

The spa offers everything from traditional services such as massages and facials to biohacking, IV drips and energy work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

“I’m gross. Too sweaty,” I say as a bead of sweat drips down my face.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Government officials working on the plans have spoken to the families of victims, who made it clear they did not want the new measures to be dripped out in leaks to the media.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The clubhouse had a paint-chipped exterior and was even worse inside, where unused kitchen appliances dripped ooze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

That deficit quickly dripped away and Feller was a picture of shock as he realised he had won after his Swiss rival streaked through the finish line in second.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

Sweat dripped into their eyes until they burned.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Back to the town the swaying torches reeked, Within the green-striped tent the lights expired, The dew dript from the canvas where it leaked.

From King Cole by John Masefield

The night air was raw with the chill of thawing snow, and carried no sound but the soft tinkle of the sap as it dript swiftly into the birchen cups.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull

“Artists come here from all over the world to be part of it, and there’s so much music dripping out of the honeycomb of this town that I’m in it. I’m in it neck-deep.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

In her “wife school” series, Clark interviewed her new sister-in-law, Katie Voetberg, a prairie dress-clad podcast host and mother of six, about how to avoid being a “nagging wife” and a “constant dripping faucet.”

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Every visitor must exit through the Blood Room, a gruesomely immersive space whose walls are streaked, smeared, splattered and practically dripping with the red stuff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Art film” is a bit of a dirty term, frequently offered with a sneer when discussing a work so dripping with pretension that even an Airblade wouldn’t be of any help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Father Drozdov lifted his arms up to halt the crowd coming forward, blood dripping from his nose down his face.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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