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verb (used without object)
1.
to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
2.
to fall in drops, as a liquid.
verb (used with object)
3.
to let fall in drops.
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Drips
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
noun
4.
an act of dripping.
5.
liquid that drips.
6.
the sound made by falling drops: the irritating drip of a faucet.
7.
Slang. an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.
8.
EXPAND(in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface.
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Architecture, Building Trades. any device, as a molding, for shedding rain water to keep it from running down a wall, falling onto the sill of an opening, etc.
10.
a pipe for draining off condensed steam from a radiator, heat exchanger, etc.
11.
Medicine/Medical. intravenous drip.
12.
COLLAPSESlang. maudlin sentimentality.
Related forms
non·drip, adjective
Synonyms
2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.
2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
drip
c.1300, from M.Dan. drippe, from P.Gmc. *drup-, from PIE base *dhreub-. O.E. had related drypan "to let drop," dropian "fall in drops," and dreopan "to drop." Related: Dripped; dripping. The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
drip (drĭp)
n.
The process of forming and falling in drops.
Moisture or liquid such as medication that falls in drops.
To fall in drops.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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