drip

drip
[[t]drɪ̱p[/t]]
drips, dripping, dripped
1) V-ERG When liquid drips somewhere, or you drip it somewhere, it falls in individual small drops.

[V prep/adv] Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor...

Amid the trees the sea mist was dripping and moisture formed on Tom's glasses.

[V n prep/adv] ...harassed parents trying to stop their children from dripping Coke on the carpets.

2) VERB When something drips, drops of liquid fall from it.

A tap in the kitchen was dripping...

[V with n] Lou was dripping with perspiration...

[V n] He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.

3) N-COUNT A drip is a small individual drop of a liquid.

Drips of water rolled down the trousers of his uniform.

4) N-COUNT A drip is a piece of medical equipment by which a liquid is slowly passed through a tube into a patient's blood.

I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip.

5) VERB: usu cont If you say that something is dripping with a particular thing, you mean that it contains a lot of that thing. [LITERARY]

[V with n] They were dazed by window displays dripping with diamonds and furs...

[V with n] His voice was dripping with sarcasm.

6) N-COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a drip, you mean that they are rather stupid and lacking in enthusiasm or energy. [INFORMAL]
7) → See also , dripping

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