drip

  • 21drip — [[t]drɪ̱p[/t]] drips, dripping, dripped 1) V ERG When liquid drips somewhere, or you drip it somewhere, it falls in individual small drops. [V prep/adv] Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor... Amid the… …

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  • 22drip — 1. verb a) To fall one drop at a time. Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad! b) To leak slowly. Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor? 2. noun …

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  • 23drip — 1 verb dripped, dripping 1 (I) to produce small drops of liquid: The tap s dripping. | Be careful your paintbrush is dripping. 2 (I, T) to fall or let something fall in very small drops (+ down/from etc): Sweat dripped from his body. | Water was… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24drip — I. verb (dripped; dripping) Etymology: Middle English drippen, from Old English dryppan; akin to Old English dropa drop Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to let fall in drops < a brush dripping paint > 2. to let out or seem to spill&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25drip — {{11}}drip (n.) mid 15c., from DRIP (Cf. drip) (v.). The slang meaning stupid, feeble, or dull person is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense nonsense (1919). {{12}}drip (v.) c.1300, perhaps from from M.Dan.&#8230; …

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  • 26drip — 01. The tap is [dripping]. I think it needs to be fixed. 02. Blood was [dripping] from a cut on his forehead. 03. The candles are [dripping] wax on the carpet. 04. The sweat from his forehead was [dripping] into his eyes by the end of the game.&#8230; …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 27drip — [c]/drɪp / (say drip) verb (dripped or, Rare, dript, dripping) –verb (i) 1. to let fall drops; shed drops. 2. to fall in drops, as a liquid. –verb (t) 3. to let fall in drops. –noun 4. the act of dripping. 5. the liqu …

  • 28drip — I. n 1. an insipid, unassertive or boring per son. This common colloquialism is prob ably British in origin, but is also used, especially by school and college stu dents, in the USA and Australia. It is one of many terms (wet, damp, dripping)&#8230; …

    Contemporary slang

  • 29drip — [drɪp] verb I 1) [I/T] if a liquid drips, or if you drip it somewhere, it falls in very small drops Red paint had dripped on the floor.[/ex] 2) [I] to produce small drops of liquid The tap was dripping.[/ex] II noun [C] drip [drɪp] 1) a small&#8230; …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 30drip — /drɪp/, drip campaign / drɪp kæmˌpeɪn/, drip method / drɪp ˌmeθəd/ noun the placing of advertisements for a product at fairly long intervals, making a long drawn out advertising campaign …

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