drip

[ drip ]

/ drɪp /

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verb (used without object), dripped or dript, drip·ping.

to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.

to fall in drops, as a liquid.

verb (used with object), dripped or dript, drip·ping.

to let fall in drops.

noun

an act of dripping.

liquid that drips.

the sound made by falling drops: the irritating drip of a faucet.

Slang. an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.

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

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

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

Medicine/Medical. intravenous drip.

Slang. maudlin sentimentality.

Nearby words

drinking song, drinking water, drinking-up time, drinkwater, drinkwater, john, drip, drip cap, drip coffee, drip feed, drip grind, drip irrigation

Origin of drip

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

SYNONYMS FOR drip

2 trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.

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Related forms

non·drip, adjective

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Examples from the Web for dripped

It was a review of Lady Macbeth, and it dripped with malice.
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It dripped down from my head to my toes in slow motion, as if treacle had been poured over me.
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Beside a statue of Mordecai Anielewicz, the hero of the Warsaw uprising, dripped a crude cartoon of an Auschwitz-bound train.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Vandalize Jerusalem’s Holocaust Memorial|Alex Klein|June 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Had she not seen the smile upon the dead lips which dripped with lake water?
Tess of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White

The room was comfortably cool, but sweat beaded his forehead, dripped from his chin.
Voyage To Eternity|Milton Lesser
There was blood on the painted feet, as though the thing had dripped—blood even on the hand that had not held the knife.
The Picture of Dorian Gray|Oscar Wilde
I have leaped through the valley and dashed down the mountain; Slept in the sunshine and dripped from the fountain.
The Kingdom of Love|Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In his right hand he wielded his heavy francisque that now dripped blood.
The Casque's Lark|Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for dripped

drip

/ (drɪp) /

verb drips, dripping or dripped

to fall or let fall in drops

noun

the formation and falling of drops of liquid

the sound made by falling drops

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

informal an inane, insipid person

med

the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar
the solution administered
the equipment used to administer a solution in this way

Word Origin for drip

Old English dryppan, from dropa drop

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Medicine definitions for dripped

drip

[ drĭp ]

n.

The process of forming and falling in drops.

Moisture or liquid such as medication that falls in drops.

v.

To fall in drops.