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Drip Definition And Meaning
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.

Drip Definition And Meaning

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

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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