drip
Drip is defined as to fall or cause to fall in drops.
(verb)An example of drip is for water to slowly come out of a leaky faucet.
The definition of a drip is a falling of drops that is often constant in rhythm, or is slang for an unpleasant person.
(noun)An example of a drip is a constant flow of drops of water from a sink.
See drip in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb dripped or dript, dripping
- to fall in or as in drops
- to let drops of liquid fall
- to be so soaked or filled with liquid as to have some trickle down or over
Origin: ME dryppen < OE dryppan, intens. form (< Gmc *drupjan), akin to dreopan (Ger triefen), to drop, drip < IE *dhreub- < base *dhreu-, to break away > dreary
transitive verb
noun
- a falling in drops; trickling
- moisture or liquid falling in drops
- the sound made by liquid falling in drops
- a channel cut on the underside of a sill, cornice, etc. for carrying off rainwater; also, such a sill, cornice, etc.
- Slang a person regarded as unpleasant or insipid
- Med. a continuous giving of a solution of salt, sugar, etc., esp. intravenously
Related Forms:
- dripper noun
See drip in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb dripped dripped, drip·ping, drips verb, intransitive
- To fall in drops: Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.
- To shed drops: an umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.
- To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid: a speech that dripped with sarcasm.
- The process of forming and falling in drops.
- a. Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.b. A slight intermittent flow or leak: fixed the drip in the faucet.
- The sound made by liquid falling in drops: listened to the steady drip of the rain.
- A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.
- Slang A tiresome or annoying person.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English drippen; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots
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