dripping
/ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To fall one drop at a time.
“Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!”
- 2
To leak slowly.
“Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?”
- 3
To let fall in drops.
“After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.”
- 4
(usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.
“The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.”
- 5
(of the weather) To rain lightly.
“The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.”
- 6
To be wet, to be soaked.
- 7
To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
noun
- 1
Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
- 2
The sound or action of something that drips.
“Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.”
- 3
The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.
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