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Definition of Drip
1. Verb. Fall in drops. "Water is dripping from the faucet"
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
Derivative terms: Drippings
2. Noun. Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid. "There's a drip through the roof"
Generic synonyms: Flow, Flowing
Specialized synonyms: Intravenous Drip
Derivative terms: Dribble, Drippy, Trickle
3. Verb. Let or cause to fall in drops. "The women drip water into the bowl"; "Dribble oil into the mixture"
4. Noun. The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop. "The constant sound of dripping irritated him"
5. Noun. (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway).
Specialized synonyms: Dripstone, Hoodmold, Hoodmould
Generic synonyms: Projection
Category relationships: Architecture
Definition of Drip
1. v. i. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
2. v. t. To let fall in drops.
3. n. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
Definition of Drip
1. Verb. (intransitive) To fall one drop at a time. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To leak slowly. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To put a small amount of a liquid on something, drop by drop. ¹
4. Verb. (usually with ''with'') To have a superabundance of valuable things. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive of the weather) to rain lightly. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) to be wet, to be soaked. ¹
7. Noun. A drop of a liquid. ¹
8. Noun. (medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream (an intravenous drip). ¹
9. Noun. (colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, boring or otherwise uninteresting person. ¹
10. Acronym. (finance) Dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drip
1. to fall in drops [v DRIPPED or DRIPT, DRIPPING, DRIPS]
Medical Definition of Drip
1. 1. To flow a drop at a time. 2. A flowing in drops. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drip
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