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Definitions for Drip

[1] to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
[2] to fall in drops, as a liquid.
[3] to let fall in drops.
[4] an act of dripping.
[5] liquid that drips.
[6] the sound made by falling drops: the irritating drip of a faucet.
[7] Slang . an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.
[8] (in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface.
[9] Architecture , Building Trades . any device, as a molding, for shedding rain water to keep it from running down a wall, falling onto the sill of an opening, etc.
[10] a pipe for draining off condensed steam from a radiator, heat exchanger, etc.
[11] Medicine/Medical . intravenous drip.
[12] Slang . maudlin sentimentality.
[13] to fall or let fall in drops
[14] the formation and falling of drops of liquid
[15] the sound made by falling drops
[16] architect a projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below
[17] informal an inane, insipid person
[18] med the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar the solution administered the equipment used to administer a solution in this way

Words related to Drip

sprinkle, plop, rain, drizzle, filter, splash, weep, exude, dribble, trill

Words nearby Drip

drinking fountain, drinking song, drinking water, drinking-up time, drinkwater, drip, drip cap, drip coffee, drip feed, drip grind, drip irrigation

Origin of Drip

before 1000; Middle English dryppe, Old English dryppan; cf. drop

Other words from Drip

non·drip , adjective

Word origin for Drip

Old English dryppan, from dropa drop

Synonyms for Drip

dribble, drizzle, exude, filter, plop, rain, splash, sprinkle, trill, weep