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dripping

[ drip-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of something that drips.
  2. Often drippings.
    1. the liquid that drips.
    2. fat and juices exuded from meat in cooking, used for basting, for making gravy, or as a cooking fat.


dripping

/ ˈdrɪpɪŋ /

noun

  1. the fat exuded by roasting meat
  2. often plural liquid that falls in drops
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. (intensifier)

    dripping wet

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dripping1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; drip, -ing 1
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Example Sentences

US defender Chastain vividly remembers the conditions - "the water dripping from the ceiling, the mildew - you can smell it".

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Both teams had scores to settle coming into a game dripping with hype and sub-plots.

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Exhausted, dripping with perspiration, my girlfriend and I came to the end of our shift.

From Salon

“Well, that was awful,” Sell deadpans to his coach, Andrew Mateljan, dripping sweat after a particularly intense set of modified push-ups.

Among them: beaded condensation dripping over products, employees moving racks of coolers between lines without changing personal protective equipment and a sample collected from a pallet jack that tested positive for listeria.

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