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dript

  [dript]
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–verb
a pt. and pp. of drop.
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drip

  [drip] verb, dripped or dript, drip⋅ping, noun
–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME dryppe, OE dryppan; cf. drop

Synonyms:
2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.
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Slang Dictionary
drip

  1. n.
    an oaf; a nerd. : Bob is a drip, I guess, but he's harmless.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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." The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

DRIP

See dividend reinvestment plan.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2drip
Function: noun
1 a : a falling in drops —see POSTNASALDRIP b : liquid that falls, overflows, or is extruded in drops
2 : a device for the administration of a fluid at a slow rate especially into a veindrip>; also : a material so administered drip> —see GRAVITY DRIP
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

drip (drĭp)
n.

  1. The process of forming and falling in drops.

  2. Moisture or liquid such as medication that falls in drops.

v. dripped, drip·ping, drips
To fall in drops.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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