verb, noun
verb (-pp-)
1 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] (of liquid) to fall in small drops:
She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes. * Water was dripping down the walls.
2 to produce drops of liquid:
[V] The tap was dripping. * Her hair dripped down her back. * [VN] Be careful, you're dripping paint everywhere!
3 ~ (with) sth (written) to contain or hold a lot of sth:
[V] The trees were dripping with fruit. * [VN] His voice dripped sarcasm.
Part of speech: noun
1 [sing.] the sound or action of small drops of liquid falling continuously:
The silence was broken only by the steady drip, drip of water from the roof.
2 [C] a small drop of liquid that falls from sth:
We put a bucket under the hole in the roof to catch the drips.
3 (AmE also IV) [C] (medical) a piece of equipment that passes liquid food, medicine or blood very slowly through a tube into a patient's VEIN:
She's been put on a drip.
4 [C] (informal, becoming old-fashioned) a boring or stupid person with a weak personality:
Don't be such a drip-come and join in the fun!
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for drip is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is drip a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, drip is tagged as noun.
Does drip appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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