Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drippedor Dript; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dripping.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a
noun. See Drop.]
1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
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2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment
drips.
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The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drip \Drip\, v. t.
To let fall in drops.
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Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.
--Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drip \Drip\, n.
1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which
drips, or falls in drops.
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The light drip of the suspended oar. --Byron.
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2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other
horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is
of such section as to throw off the rain water.
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Right of drip (Law), an easement or servitude by which a
man has the right to have the water flowing from his house
fall on the land of his neighbor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drip
n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: trickle,
dribble]
2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant
sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: dripping]
3: (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed
to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window
or doorway) [syn: drip mold, drip mould]
v 1: fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"
2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
mixture" [syn: dribble, drop]
[also: dripping, dripped]
WordNet (r) 2.0
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "drip":
balderdash, baloney, boob, bore, bull, bunk, bushwa, buttonholer,
chump, clod, condensation, condense, crashing bore, damper,
distill, distillation, dolt, dope, drag, dribble, dripping,
drippings, dripple, drivel, drizzle, drop, dryasdust, dullard,
dusty, exude, filter, flat tire, frightful bore, goon, gurgle,
gush, headache, humdrum, killjoy, leach, leaching, leak, leak out,
leakage, leaking, lixiviate, lixiviation, milksop, moron, nuisance,
ooze, percolate, percolation, pest, pill, pour, proser, seep,
seepage, seeping, simpleton, sluice, spatter, sprinkle, spurtle,
stream, sweat, sweating, trickle, tricklet, trill, twaddle,
twaddler, weed, weep, wet, wet blanket
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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