- drip
- drip [drip]vi.dripped or dript, dripping [ME dryppen < OE dryppan, intens. form (< Gmc * drupjan), akin to dreopan (Ger triefen), to drop, drip < IE * dhreub- < base * dhreu-, to break away > DREARY]1. to fall in or as in drops2. to let drops of liquid fall3. to be so soaked or filled with liquid as to have some trickle down or overvt.to let fall in dropsn.1. a falling in drops; trickling2. moisture or liquid falling in drops3. the sound made by liquid falling in drops4. a channel cut on the underside of a sill, cornice, etc. for carrying off rainwater; also, such a sill, cornice, etc.5. Slang a person regarded as unpleasant or insipid6. Med. a continuous giving of a solution of salt, sugar, etc., esp. intravenouslydrippern.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.