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drip

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪp/

The English word “drip” has 14 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To fall one drop at a time.
  2. To leak slowly.
  3. To let fall in drops.
  4. To have a superabundance of (something).
  5. To rain lightly; to drizzle.
  6. To be wet, to be soaked.
  7. To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
  8. Be impressive or attractive.

noun

  1. A drop of a liquid.
  2. A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
  3. An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
  4. A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
  5. That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
  6. Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.

Etymology

From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).

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