drip

¹

[ drip ]

verb (used without object)

, dripped or dript, drip·ping.

1. to let drops fall; shed drops:

   This faucet drips.

2. to fall in drops, as a liquid.

   Synonyms: drizzle, sprinkle, leak, dribble, trickle

verb (used with object)

, dripped or dript, drip·ping.

1. to let fall in drops.

noun

1. an act of dripping.
2. liquid that drips.
3. the sound made by falling drops:

   the irritating drip of a faucet.

4. Slang. an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.
5. (in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface.
6. Architecture, Building Trades. any device, as a molding, for shedding rainwater to keep it from running down a wall, falling onto the sill of an opening, etc.
7. a pipe for draining off condensed steam from a radiator, heat exchanger, etc.
8. Medicine/Medical. intravenous drip.
9. Slang. maudlin sentimentality.

DRIP

²

[ dee-ahr-ahy-pee, drip ]

abbreviation for

, Business, Finance.

1. dividend reinvestment plan: a program under which investors opt to have their dividends automatically applied to the purchase of more shares in the company, increasing their investment while avoiding commission charges.

drip

/ drɪp /

verb

1. to fall or let fall in drops

noun

1. the formation and falling of drops of liquid
2. the sound made by falling drops
3. architect a projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below
4. informal.
   an inane, insipid person
5. med
   1. the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar
   2. the solution administered
   3. the equipment used to administer a solution in this way

Other Words From

• non·drip adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of drip¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English dryppe, Old English dryppan; drop

Origin of drip²

First recorded in 1975–80

Word History and Origins

Origin of drip¹

Old English dryppan, from dropa drop

Example Sentences

After liver and kidney function tests and time on a drip, Ms Roberts was allowed to go home, but she said she wanted others to be aware of the dangers.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

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.

From Los Angeles Times