drip

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/ 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 rainwater 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.

OTHER WORDS FOR drip

2 trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.

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Origin of drip

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

OTHER WORDS FROM drip

non·drip, adjective

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How to use drip in a sentence

While many residents followed the advice of plumbers to leave faucets on drip to prevent freezing, authorities in Houston pleaded with residents not to do so Wednesday because of the rapidly depleting water supply.
Hypothermia, carbon monoxide and cold pets: Google searches underscore depth of crisis in Texas|Christopher Ingraham|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
We’ve put runners on the hardwood to catch the drips, and we’ve taken to leaving an old hand towel on the floor to push around with our feet to soak up overspray.
More dog tales: We’re learning the quirks of Archie the rescue|John Kelly|November 8, 2020|Washington Post
You probably have, too, with our country’s presidential election this week, which is causing high anxiety as small drips of information come in at all hours.
Texting all day? You’ll feel happier if you pick up the phone and chat.|Jill Suttie|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
It was a review of Lady Macbeth, and it dripped with malice.
When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A film of the stuff dripped down the side, and I could see its gritty texture.
Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans|Chris Allbritton|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It dripped down from my head to my toes in slow motion, as if treacle had been poured over me.
I Was Australia’s Anna Wintour|Kirstie Clements|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The following looks—everything from eveningwear to denim jeans—dripped and dazzled with embellishment.
Marc Jacobs Leaves Louis Vuitton After 16 Years|Alice Cavanagh|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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
She sat upright by the side of the bed, watching the water as it dripped from the corpse, and would not allow any one to touch it.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
The Colorado resort fairly dripped with wealthy tourists and members of the sporting fraternity from everywhere.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Plunging on, he found himself before a window whose small panes dripped and groaned under a rain that was fast becoming a torrent.
The Circular Study|Anna Katharine Green
Mr. W. is now having the dirt floor of his smoke-house dug up and boiling from it the salt that has dripped into it for years.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
For some distance their course dipped downward at a gentle angle, while the ceilings and sides dripped with moisture.
The Shepherd of the Hills|Harold Bell Wright

British Dictionary definitions for drip

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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