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Drip

Verb

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.; My broken pen dripped ink onto the table."
4.VerbTo have a superabundance of (something).
"The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.; The duchess was dripping with jewels."
5.VerbTo rain lightly; to drizzle.
"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.VerbBe impressive or attractive.
9.NounA drop of a liquid.
"I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.; I need a bucket to catch the drips."
10.NounA falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
11.NounAn apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
"He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip."
12.NounA limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
"He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!"
13.NounThat part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
14.NounStyle; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
"His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt."
15.NounAlternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
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