dripping

[drip-ing]

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noun

the act of something that drips.

Often drippings.

the liquid that drips.
fat and juices exuded from meat in cooking, used for basting, for making gravy, or as a cooking fat.

Origin of dripping

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at drip, -ing¹

drip

[drip]

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.

Origin of drip

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

Related formsnon·drip, adjective

Synonyms for drip

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2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.

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Related Words for dripping

sprinkle, plop, rain, drizzle, filter, splash, weep, exude, dribble, trill

Examples from the Web for dripping

Contemporary Examples of dripping

Storey said Wright often returned applications “dripping in red pen.”
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David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
December 9, 2014
One industry executive complained that Wright returned unapproved applications “dripping in red pen.”
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.
David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
December 9, 2014
Yeonmi gathered clothes from the trash, while her parents collected water from a dripping tap.
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October 31, 2014
It’s arguably the best film of the ‘90s—a postmodern pop culture smorgasbord awash in nihilism and dripping with retro cool.
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October 19, 2014
By then, dripping with fevered sweat, she would have been inarguably contagious.
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October 8, 2014

Historical Examples of dripping

It was relieving to hurry across the dripping grass toward the barn.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
The dripping of water reached the ear; the smell of dampness the nostrils.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
Skim the lard or dripping always before you put in the fish.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
If you baste it with any thing else, or with its own dripping, the skin will not be crisp.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
To baste it with its own dripping will make the skin tough and hard.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie

British Dictionary definitions for dripping

dripping

noun

the fat exuded by roasting meat

(often plural) liquid that falls in drops

adverb

(intensifier)dripping wet

drip

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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Word Origin and History for dripping

drip

c.1300, perhaps from Middle Danish drippe, from Proto-Germanic *drup- (cf. Dutch druipen, German triefen), from PIE root *dhreu-. Related to droop and drop. Old English had cognate drypan "to let drop," dropian "fall in drops," and dreopan "to drop." Related: Dripped; dripping.

drip

mid-15c., from drip (v.). The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense "nonsense" (1919).

dripping in Medicine

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.