What does drip mean?

Definitions for drip
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drip, trickle, dribblenoun

    flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

    "there's a drip through the roof"

  2. drip, drippingnoun

    the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

    "the constant sound of dripping irritated him"

  3. drip, drip mold, drip mouldverb

    (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

  4. dripverb

    fall in drops

    "Water is dripping from the faucet"

  5. dribble, drip, dropverb

    let or cause to fall in drops

    "dribble oil into the mixture"

Wiktionary

  1. dripnoun

    A drop of a liquid.

    I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.

  2. dripnoun

    Dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing

    I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.

  3. dripnoun

    An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream (an intravenous drip).

    He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.

  4. dripnoun

    A limp, ineffectual, boring or otherwise uninteresting person.

    He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!

  5. dripverb

    To fall one drop at a time.

    Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

  6. dripverb

    To leak slowly.

    Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?

  7. dripverb

    To put a small amount of a liquid on something, drop by drop.

    After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.

  8. dripverb

    To have a superabundance of valuable things.

  9. dripverb

    to rain lightly.

    The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.

  10. dripverb

    to be wet, to be soaked.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Dripnoun

    That which falls in drops.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Water may be procured for necessary occasions from the heavens, by preserving the drips of the houses. John Mortimer.

  2. To Dripverb

    Her flood of tears
    Seem like the lofty barn of some rich swain,
    Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Jonathan Swift.

    Let what was put into his belly, and what he drips, be his sauce. Izaak Walton, Angler.

    His offer’d entrails shall his crime reproach,
    And drip their fatness from the hazle broach. John Dryden, Virgil.

  3. To DRIPverb

    Etymology: drippen, Dutch.

    The soil, with fatt’ning moisture fill’d,
    Is cloath’d with grass, and fruitful to be till’d;
    Such as in fruitful vales we view from high,
    Which dripping rocks, not rowling streams supply. Dryden.

    The finest sparks, and cleanest beaux,
    Drip from the shoulders to the toes. Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia

  1. Drip

    Drip is a song recorded by American rapper Cardi B, featuring American hip hop trio Migos. It was written by Cardi B, Quavo, Takeoff, Offset and Joshua Cross, with production handled by Cassius Jay and Nonstop Da Hitman. The song was released by Atlantic Records on April 4, 2018, as the first promotional single from Cardi B's debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018).

ChatGPT

  1. drip

    Drip generally refers to the act or process of liquid falling slowly in small quantities or the sound this action makes. It can also refer to a method where substances, such as medication or nutrients, are slowly introduced into the body. In slang, it means impressive or fashionable style.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dripverb

    to fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves

  2. Dripverb

    to let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips

  3. Dripverb

    to let fall in drops

  4. Dripnoun

    a falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops

  5. Dripnoun

    that part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water

  6. Etymology: [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a noun. See Drop.]

Wikidata

  1. Drip

    Drip is a trip hop band from Manila, Philippines. With an EP independently released in August 2003 and constant live performances, Drip's cult status grew with Manila's musical cognoscenti. Currently, Drip is signed to Terno Recordings. On March 15, 2008, the band released their second album entitled Identity Theft. The album is the first full-length Filipino album to be released under a Creative Commons license.

Suggested Resources

  1. DRIP

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of drip in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of drip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of drip in a Sentence

  1. John Sullivan:

    Its kind of like water torture. Its like this drip, drip, drip of taxes.

  2. Wayland Bland:

    I was on everything they had -- steroids, full drip, plasma from people that'd had Covid, drugs that they gave my President, (Donald) Trump. And they finally burned it out of me.

  3. Alex Conant:

    Crisis communications 101 is to get all the facts out as soon as possible. The White House has done the opposite of that, letting news drip out day after day. The President should have addressed this directly days ago, waiting until Thursday and then giving a very lawyerly statement only feeds the scandal.

  4. Bryan Reber:

    There's been this continuing drip, drip, drip of information, either they haven't had all the information -- or they've been withholding it.

  5. Dana White:

    I said (to Rogan) listen, I have no smell, which probably means I have no taste. He said as soon as you get up in the morning get tested. So I get up 9 o’clock Monday morning, get tested. I test positive. He said get monoclonal antibodies in you as soon as possible so I did. By noon, I had the monoclonal antibodies in me and then he told me to do an NAD drip. I did that right after, tuesday, I get ready to shave, cleaning my razor, I can smell the alcohol. My taste and smell were back by the next day at 11 o’clock in the morning. Then, I took a dose of ivermectin. Yesterday, then I did a vitamin drip and then today I’m doing another NAD drip. Could not feel better. Feel like a million bucks. I’m doing two-a-day workouts by the way, too, for the next 10 days while I have COVID, and you know I’m in quarantine, and yeah, I got my smell and taste back in less than 24 hours.

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