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drippy

[ drip-ee ]
/ ˈdrɪp i /
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adjective, drip·pi·er, drip·pi·est.

dripping or tending to drip: a drippy faucet.
tending to be rainy, wet, or drizzly: a hot, drippy country; drippy weather.
Slang. revoltingly sentimental; mawkish: another drippy love story.

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Origin of drippy

First recorded in 1810–20; drip + -y1

Words nearby drippy

drippage, drip painting, drip pan, dripping, dripping pan, drippy, dripstone, dript, drisheen, drivability, drivage
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Words related to drippy

bathetic, emotional, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, romantic, sappy, slushy, soppy, weepy

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British Dictionary definitions for drippy

drippy
/ (ˈdrɪpɪ) /

adjective -pier or -piest

informal mawkish, insipid, or inane
tending to drip
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