drip
🇺🇸
/drɪp/
🇬🇧
/drɪp/
verb
R
to fall in small drops
Water dripped from the leaky faucet.
R
to let liquid fall in drops
The wet towel will drip on the floor if you don't hang it up.
R
to show a lot of a quality or feeling
His words dripped with anger when he spoke.
noun
R
the sound or action of liquid falling in drops
The constant drip from the roof kept me awake all night.
R
a small drop of liquid
I wiped the drip from the melting ice cream.
R
a slow series of similar events
There was a steady drip of bad news throughout the day.
R
medical equipment that gives liquid slowly into the body
The patient needed a drip to get fluids and medicine.
R
a boring or weak person
He's such a drip that nobody wants to talk to him.
translation
to fall in small drops; to let liquid fall in drops; to show a lot of a quality or feeling
the sound or action of liquid falling in drops; a small drop of liquid; a slow series of similar events; medical equipment that gives liquid slowly into the body; a boring or weak person
Word Forms
Past
dripped
Progressive
dripping
3rd Present
drips
Plural
drips
Perfect
dripped