- present participle of drip.
dripping
Americannoun
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drippings
plural
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the act of something that drips.
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Often drippings.
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the liquid that drips.
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fat and juices exuded from meat in cooking, used for basting, for making gravy, or as a cooking fat.
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noun
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the fat exuded by roasting meat
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(often plural) liquid that falls in drops
adverb
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dripping
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at drip, -ing 1
Vocabulary lists containing dripping
Example Sentences
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For David Harbour, it was the messages pouring in from friends — not the usual “great job!” an actor receives when a program is airing, but long blocks of text, paragraphs dripping with emotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Awww, Jimmy, Jimmy, I thought you wanted to be a pro coach,” Davis, voice dripping with disappointment, told him in 2004 when he learned Harbaugh was leaving his Raiders gig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Not the most dramatic standalone final but one dripping with gripping narrative.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Subconsciously, I didn't want to have natto just dripping from my beard," he said, laughing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Marlie was already climbing out of the pool, gasping and dripping.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
For cocktails, the Gui-tini, infused with steak drippings and topped with beef jerky, was my wife’s standout choice.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Rutte may have just been trying to flatter the notoriously narcissistic president, but Trump’s team lapped it up with the eagerness of a dog going after beef drippings.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025
Once the fish is cooked, the drippings are transformed into a delicious sauce enriched with butter and fresh dill.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
So we find a creative way to make gravy without turkey drippings.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Milk gave only drippings of milk, our one remaining hen had no eggs, and Nothing bellowed at me because his hooves were frozen to the ground.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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