Definition of Drip

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Definition of Drip

Drip

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.

To let fall in drops.

A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.

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.

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Drip Quotations

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.
Paul Engle

If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip.
John Hutton

It was but then, when you're, one of the great poisonous events that have infected us all who were in South Africa is that the idea of difference is drip fed into your veins. It's that that you fight.
Janet Suzman

There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things.
Mike Leigh

Drip Translations

drip in Afrikaans is drup
drip in Dutch is druppelen, droppelen, druipen
drip in Latin is lacrimo
drip in Portuguese is gotejamento
drip in Spanish is gotear, gota
drip in Swedish is droppe, drypa

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