English Explanatory Dictionary

drip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
noun
  1. Acronym of dividend reinvestment plan or dividend reinvestment program.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹɪp/ [ˈd̠ɹ̠̈˔ɪp] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drip.wav

Word forms

drip drips dripping dripped

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”).

Derived words

adrip bedrip driphole dripless drippage dripper dripping water hollows a stone dripping wet dripple dripproof drippy dripstick dripstone driptorch eavesdrip nondrip overdreep drip loss continental drip drip coffee drip-dry drip edge drip feed drip-feed drip gas drip irrigation drip line drip marketing drip painting drip point drip pricing drip tip fog drip intravenous drip Murphy drip neutron drip line old man's drip postnasal drip post-nasal drip right of drip
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