1. Leaking in drops
   "a drippy faucet"
    
2. Wet with light rain
   "a wet drippy day";
   - drizzly, mizzly
    
3. [informal] Effusively or insincerely emotional
   "a drippy novel";
   - bathetic, hokey [N. Amer, informal], maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy [informal], schmaltzy [informal], schmalzy [informal], sentimental, sappy [informal], soppy [Brit, informal], soupy [informal], slushy [informal], corny [informal], cutesy [informal], gooey [informal], weepy [informal], cheesy [informal]

Derived forms: drippier, drippiest

See also: cornball [N. Amer, informal], emotional, leaky, lovey-dovey [informal], wet

Encyclopedia: Drippy