drip
noun
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L16681 on Wikidata ↗verb
- release water slowly in individual droplets
- description of liquid
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪp/ / [ˈd̠ɹ̠̈˔ɪp]
noun
Etymology: Acronym.
- Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
verb
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”).
- To fall one drop at a time.
“Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!”
- To leak slowly.
“Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?”
- To let fall in drops.
“After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.”
“My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.”
- To have a superabundance of (something).
“The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.”
“The duchess was dripping with jewels.”
- To rain lightly; to drizzle.
“The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.”
- To be wet, to be soaked.
- To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
“The Women's Royal Naval Service was integrated with the Royal Navy in November 1993. […] Men interviewed by Public Eye (April, 1994) said they should 'stop dripping about it' and that women should learn to 'take it like a man […]”
“The government had been slowly running down the Royal Navy Organisation to save money on various peoples' budgets, so now we had to sub-contract ships to go to war! So stop dripping and "make it so", all those admirals can't be wrong!”
- Be impressive or attractive.
“I'm sorry for drippin', but drip is what I do. And one of these days, I'm gon' get dressed and drip all over you.”