drip

¹ American  

[drip] / drɪp /

verb (used without object)

dripped, dript, dripping

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)

dripped, dript, dripping

1. to let fall in drops.

noun

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

• nondrip adjective

Etymology

Origin of drip¹

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

Origin of DRIP²

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

I tug the spoon out of the shake, sending a few purple drips to the counter, and take a huge bite.

From Literature

The walnuts are soft and buttery and the sugar syrup oozes out, dripping down my chin.

From Literature

Anyone who has sprayed foam on a surface has likely noticed droplets forming and dripping from the bottom.

From Science Daily

A tin of beef dripping that was taken on the first successful Mount Everest expedition has been sold at auction.

From BBC

In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.

From Los Angeles Times