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DRIPPY

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drip⋅py

  [drip-ee]
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–adjective -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. dripping or tending to drip: a drippy faucet.
2. tending to be rainy, wet, or drizzly: a hot, drippy country; drippy weather.
3. Slang. revoltingly sentimental; mawkish: another drippy love story.
Origin:
1810–20; drip + -y 1
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drip·py   (drĭp'ē)   
adj.   drip·pi·er, drip·pi·est

  1. Characterized by dripping; drizzly: a drippy, wet day.

  2. Slang

    1. Tiresome or annoying.

    2. Mawkishly sentimental: a drippy love scene.

drip'pi·ly adv., drip'pi·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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drippy

  1. mod.
    weak; ineffective; undesirable. : Bob can be so drippy without even trying.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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