Verb: drip (dripped,dripping) drip
- Fall in drops
"Water is dripping from the faucet"
- Let or cause to fall in drops
"drip oil into the mixture";
- dribble, drop
- Be conspicuously imbued with or abundantly displaying (a quality or substance), often to an excessive degree
"Her words were dripping with sarcasm"; "The chandelier was dripping with crystals"
- Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
"there's a drip through the roof";
- trickle, dribble
- The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
"The constant drip of the faucet kept her awake";
- dripping
- (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
"The Gothic cathedral featured intricate drip moulds above its windows";
- drip mold [N. Amer], drip mould [Brit, Cdn]
- [US, informal] Fashionable and attractive appearance or style
"His outfit has serious drip"
- (medicine) an apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream
"The patient was put on an antibiotic drip"
- [informal] A weak, ineffectual person
"Don't be such a drip, stand up for yourself!"
Derived forms: dripping, drips, dripped
Type of: come down, descend, flow, flowing, go down, pour, projection, sound
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