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Dripping

verb
/ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.verbTo fall one drop at a time.
"Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!"
2.verbTo leak slowly.
"Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?"
3.verbTo let fall in drops.
"After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil."
4.verb(usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.
"The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters."
5.verb(of the weather) To rain lightly.
"The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet."
6.verbTo be wet, to be soaked.
7.verbTo whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
8.nounSolid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
9.nounThe sound or action of something that drips.
"Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof."
10.nounThe use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.

Synonyms

waterysoppingwetsoakingreekingsinkingrottingseepingoozingleakingweepingtrickling

Rhymes With

nippinggrippingwhippingstrippingslippingclippingflippingripping
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