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Definition of Dripping
1. Adverb. Extremely wet. "Soaking wet"
2. Noun. A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house).
3. Noun. The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop. "The constant sound of dripping irritated him"
Definition of Dripping
1. n. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
Definition of Dripping
1. Noun. Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from ''dripping'' off roasting meat. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of drip) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dripping
1. juice drawn from meat during cooking [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dripping
Literary usage of Dripping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see RISING. falling, n. descent; spec, dripping, distillation, drip-drop,
incidence, ptosis (rare), prolapsus. UNTRUE, ERRONEOUS, DECEPTIVE ..."
2. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"AFTER HOOD SONG OF THE SHEET THE dripping SHEET This sheet wrung out of cold or
tepid water is thrown around the body. Quick rubbing follows, succeeded by ..."
3. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"For shame the sun will never show himself, Who could not with his beams e'er melt
me so, Hy dripping locks, — they would become an elf, ..."
4. Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Rumford (1802)
"In- the dripping-pan, a gridiron (feen in fig. 14.) is placed, the horizontal
bars of which are on a level with the fides or brim of the dripping-pan* and ..."
5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... and for the manufacture, if fo it may be called, of leather, which they are
very dextrous in dripping of the hair, tanning, and then forming into large ..."
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