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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.
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.
(in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface.
9.
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.
Slang. maudlin sentimentality.
Related forms
non·drip, adjective
Synonyms
2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.
2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.
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World English Dictionary
drip (drɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , drips, dripping, dripped | |
| 1. | to fall or let fall in drops |
| —n | |
| 2. | the formation and falling of drops of liquid |
| 3. | the sound made by falling drops |
| 4. | architect a projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below |
| 5. | informal an inane, insipid person |
| 6. | med |
| a. the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar | |
| b. the solution administered | |
| c. the equipment used to administer a solution in this way | |
| [Old English dryppan, from dropa | |
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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.
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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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
During the investigation, the media were drip-fed lurid details of the prosecution's case.
Such loans-in effect, grants-would amount to a kind of fiscal drip-feed.
But as the pounds drip away, the mile marker doesn't look quite so distant.
It is called a drip catcher attach it to the top of the teapot and across the spout and handle and you will not drip.
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