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

adverb

1. (intensifier)

   dripping wet

Word History and Origins

Origin of dripping¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Smith's sensuous delivery was a subversive step forward for country music but Kristofferson's own version - croaky-voiced and dripping with hunger - is just as much of a thrill.

From BBC

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