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1
If a
liquid
drips, it
falls
in
drops
, or you make it
fall
in
drops
:
Examples:
drip
down Water dripped down the
wall
.
drip
something on something She dripped
paint
on the
carpet
.
2
to
produce
drops
of
liquid
:
Examples:
Watch out - the candle's
dripping
.
3
a
drop
of
liquid
:
Examples:
drip
of drips of
paint
/
sweat
4
the
sound
or
action
of
liquid
falling
in
drops
:
Examples:
drip
of All I could hear was the
drip
of the
rain
from the
roof
.
5
a
method
of
slowly
giving
someone
liquid
medicine
or
food
through a
tube
into a
vein
, or a
piece
of
equipment
for doing this:
Examples:
on a
drip
He was on a
drip
for three days.
I got into
bed
and they
attached
me to a
drip
.
6
a
boring
person without a
strong
character
:
Examples:
Her
husband
is such a
drip
.
7
to
fall
in
drops
, or let
liquid
fall
in
drops
:
Examples:
[ I ] The
sweat
dripped down his
nose
and
cheeks
.
8
abbreviation for dividend reinvestment
plan
: a
form
of
investment
in which the investor's
dividends
are used to
buy
more
shares
in the
company
,
rather
than being
paid
as
cash
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