About The Word Drip

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Drip

Drip Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Drip?
[n] (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater
[n] flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [v] let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" [v] fall in drops; of liquids Synonyms | Synonyms for Drip: dribble | dribble | drip mold | drip mould | trickle Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | come down | descend | dripstone | fall | flow | flowing | go down | hoodmold | hoodmould | intravenous drip | pour | projection Drip In Webster's Dictionary \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dripped}or {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.
2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment
drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
\Drip\, v. t. To let fall in drops. Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. --Swift. \Drip\, n. 1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops. The light drip of the suspended oar. --Byron. 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. {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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