Drip

/ˈdɹɪp/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
2. (intransitive) To leak slowly.
3. (transitive) To let fall in drops.
4. (intransitive, usually with with) To have a superabundance of (something).
5. (impersonal, of the weather) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
6. (intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.
7. (UK, naval slang, intransitive) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
8. (stative, slang) Be impressive or attractive.

Example Sentences

Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?

After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.

My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.

c. 1726, Alexander Pope (probable author), The Lamentation of Glumdalclitch Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.

Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.

The duchess was dripping with jewels.

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Word Forms

• drips
• dripping
• dripped

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