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 rainwater 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
First recorded before 1000; Middle English dryppe, Old English dryppan; cf. drop
SYNONYMS FOR drip
2 trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR drip ON THESAURUS.COM
OTHER WORDS FROM drip
non·drip,adjective
Words nearby drip
drinking water, drink like a fish, drink to, Drink to me only with thine eyes, Drinkwater, drip, drip cap, drip coffee, drip-dry, drip-feed, drip grind
Mixner would insert it via an IV and hold his friend until the drip was completed.
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But as one Republican consultant put it, “There is a dripdrip.”
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Lead acid cells could leak acid, which might drip out of the radio cabinet onto your lovely Persian rug.
Whatever Happened to the "B" Battery?|Megan McArdle|December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
However, experts are saying there is no danger to mothe ror unborn child provided fluids and nutrients can be provided by a drip.
William Leaves Hospital, Kate on Drip|Tom Sykes|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She is believed to be on a drip for liquid and food, and unable to hold any food down.
William Leaves Hospital, Kate on Drip|Tom Sykes|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Leaving the shelter of the tree, they made their way through the bushes, which were now beginning to drip from the rain.
The Rover Boys on the Farm|Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
The drip of the fog from the eaves was the only break in the stillness.
The Million-Dollar Suitcase|Alice MacGowan
There was no sound save that of the water—splash, splash, drip, drip.
Adventures in Many Lands|Various
Grow them alongside the fence, or against the school-house if there is a place where the eaves will not drip on them.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various
The darkness increased; the pavement plashed beneath our feet, and the drip, drip of water was incessant.
In the Wrong Paradise|Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for drip
drip
/ (drɪp) /
verbdrips, drippingordripped
to fall or let fall in drops
noun
the formation and falling of drops of liquid
the sound made by falling drops
architecta projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below
informalan 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