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drips

8 definitions • 9 examples
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

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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