drip
/ˈdɹɪp/ noun C2- A drop of a liquid. · I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.· I need a bucket to catch the drips.
- A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
- An 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.
- A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person. · He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!
- That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
- Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing. · His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt.
Plural drips
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