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   drip

   /drɪp/

   verb

   • 1. let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid: "the tap won't stop dripping" Similar dribbledropleakdropdribbletrickledrizzlerunsplashsprinkleplopfall in dropsleakoozeseepexudebe dischargedemanateissueOpposite gush
   • ▪ (of liquid) fall in small drops: "water dripped from her clothing"
   • ▪ cause or allow (a liquid) to fall in small drops: "the candle was dripping wax down one side"
   • ▪ display a copious amount or degree of a particular quality or thing: "the women were dripping with gold and diamonds"

   noun

   • 1. a small drop of a liquid: "she put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips"
   • ▪ the action or sound of liquid falling steadily in small drops: "the drip, drip, drip of the leak in the roof"
   • ▪ an apparatus which passes fluid, nutrients, or drugs drop by drop into a patient's body on a continuous basis, usually intravenously: "he had been on a drip for several days"
   • ▪ a method of brewing coffee by dripping boiling water through a filter filled with ground coffee beans: "a drip coffee maker"
   • 2. a weak and ineffectual person: informal, derogatory "I hope that drip isn't still pursuing you"
   • 3. a projection on a moulding, channelled to prevent rain from running down the wall below.

   Word Origin Old Englishdryppan, drȳpen, of Germanic origin; related to Danish dryppe, also to drop.

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