Bedrip
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Bedrip is a verb meaning (intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
Meaning
(intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
More Meanings
- (UK dialectal) A band of harvesters.
- (UK dialectal) A crowd.
Example Sentences
Wine shall break in sparkles o'er our lips bedripping; We are wise, and know we're by it gladden'd!
"And bold Aneurim, all bedripped with gore Bursting by force from the beleaguered glen, Arrogant, haughty, fierce, of fiery mood, Not meek and mean, as Gray misunderstood. […]"
And when the grewsome work was finished, she thought it not ill to walk slowly to her palace through the open streets in her blood bedripped garments, that Ahab's subjects might perceive Jezebel took horrible vengeance on those who […]
But in that dark camp was a dauntless Emir, A levin of battle, they call'd him Zobir, In irefullest mood, His rattling spurs all bedripping with blood, He sped to his leader, and cried, "Thou essayest, Abdallah, the battle no more! […] "
Word Forms
- bedrips
- bedripping
- bedripped
- bederup
- bederepe
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include drip, bedrizzle, dribble, dripple, bedribble, bedrivel.
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