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

How to use drippy in a sentence

Afternoon highs reach near 40, leaving things a bit drippy as the late-day sun tries to peek out as well.
Snow ends, leading to an afternoon of melting; more storm chances to come this week|Brian Jackson, Dan Stillman, Andrew Freedman|February 7, 2021|Washington Post
The slaw is vaguely like piccalilli or relish, but has a taste and drippy texture like no other.
The Most American Pit Stop in the U.S.A.|Jane & Michael Stern|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leaving 2013 nothing was more disappointing than the drippy, sad, and woefully unfunny disaster Wilson served us, Super Fun Night.
Our Pop Culture Wish List for 2014|Kevin Fallon|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes he goes to the brook and sits on a stone by a pool there, while I go wading and get my stummick wet and drippy and cool.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton

But Squire Sandal, though flushed and rumpled looking, had still the air of drippy mornings and hazy afternoons about him.
The Squire of Sandal-Side|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
As I handed him the first slice of drippy lusciousness I turned my head away.
The Melting of Molly|Maria Thompson Daviess
As I handed him the first slice of drippy lusciousness, I turned my head away.
The Melting of Molly|Maria Thompson Daviess
They have got you now and you're all damp and drippy, and your best girl is having one hysteric after another.
At Good Old Siwash|George Fitch

British Dictionary definitions for drippy

drippy

/ (ˈdrɪpɪ) /

adjective -pier or -piest

informal mawkish, insipid, or inane

tending to drip

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Origin of drippy

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