drip
/ˈdɹɪp/ verb B2- To fall one drop at a time. · Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!
- To leak slowly. · Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?
- To 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.
- To have a superabundance of (something). · The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.· The duchess was dripping with jewels.
- To rain lightly; to drizzle. · The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.
- To be wet, to be soaked.
- Be impressive or attractive.
He/she/it drips · Past dripped · Past participle dripped · -ing form dripping
Verb forms
- Base form
- drip
- He/she/it
- drips
- Past
- dripped
- Past participle
- dripped
- -ing form
- dripping
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Goodnight.” And before Dantès could open his mouth—before he had noticed where the jailer placed his bread or the water—before he had glanced towards the corner where the straw was, the jailer disappeared, taking with him the lamp and closing the door, leaving stamped upon the prisoner’s mind the dim reflection of the dripping walls of his dungeon.
Anne flew out of the pantry, dripping dishcloth in hand.
Anne Shirley, you’re dripping greasy water all over the floor.
If he goes by road with his legs all dripping, it’s odds that someone will notice him.
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