drip en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈd̠ɹ̠̈˔ɪp]
- /ˈdɹɪp/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).
Meanings
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(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!
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(intransitive) To leak slowly.
Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?
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(transitive) To let fall in drops.
My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.
c. 1726, Alexander Pope (probable author), The Lamentation of Glumdalclitch Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.
After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.
Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
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(intransitive, usually, with with) To have a superabundance of (something).
The duchess was dripping with jewels.
Although Yultes' face was the perfect mask of neutrality, his tone dripped with contempt.
2017, Claudie Arseneault, City of Strife, →ISBN:The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.
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(impersonal, of the weather) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.
- (intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.
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(UK, intransitive, slang) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
The Women's Royal Naval Service was integrated with the Royal Navy in November 1993. […] Men interviewed by Public Eye (April, 1994) said they should 'stop dripping about it' and that women should learn to 'take it like a man […]
1995, Sue Innes, Making it work: women, change and challenge in the 1990s, page 21:The government had been slowly running down the Royal Navy Organisation to save money on various peoples' budgets, so now we had to sub-contract ships to go to war! So stop dripping and "make it so", all those admirals can't be wrong!
2012, I. H. Milburn, Falklands War - Get STUFT:
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(slang, stative) Be impressive or attractive.
I'm sorry for drippin', but drip is what I do. And one of these days, I'm gon' get dressed and drip all over you.
2020, “Drip Like Me”, performed by Kenndog:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dripped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dripped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| drips | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dripping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
adrip · dripple · dripstone · dripproof · drippy · overdreep · drip loss · dripper · dripping wet · dripstick · dripping water hollows a stone · nondrip · bedrip · dripless · driphole · drippage · driptorch · eavesdrip
Translations (121)
dlm pezlur (to fall one drop at a time) · ga sil (to fall one drop at a time) · ca degotar (to fall one drop at a time) · qu ch'ullchuy (to fall one drop at a time) · az dammaq (to fall one drop at a time) · hu csepeg (to fall one drop at a time) · izh tilkahtaa (to fall one drop at a time) · sa गलति (to leak slowly) · vi rỉ (to leak slowly) · sv droppa (to fall one drop at a time) · fr goutter (to fall one drop at a time) · he טפטף (to fall one drop at a time) · izh tilkuttaa (to fall one drop at a time) · es desbordar (to have a superabundance of valuable things) · sga snigid (to fall one drop at a time) · cmn 滴 (to fall one drop at a time) · hi टपकना (to fall one drop at a time) · hi टपकना (to leak slowly) · ca desbordar (to have a superabundance of valuable things) · cs kapat (to leak slowly) · fr tomber goutte à goutte (to fall one drop at a time) · ro picura (to fall one drop at a time) · fr déborder (to have a superabundance of valuable things) · ru ка́пнуть (to fall one drop at a time) · fr ruisseler (to have a superabundance of valuable things) · nb dryppe (to let fall in drops) · bg капя (to fall one drop at a time) · sv droppa (to let fall in drops) · vi nhỏ (to fall one drop at a time) · pt vazar (to leak slowly) · tsg tū (to fall one drop at a time) · pt pingar (to fall one drop at a time) · gd fras (to fall one drop at a time) · cs kapat (to fall one drop at a time) · cmn 滴下 (to fall one drop at a time) · la stillō (to fall one drop at a time) · sh ùkapati (to let fall in drops) · pl przeciekać (to leak slowly) · es pintear (to fall one drop at a time) · ga sil (to let fall in drops) · rar turu (to fall one drop at a time) · de tropfen (to let fall in drops) · fi tihkua (to leak slowly) · ja 滴る (to fall one drop at a time) · hi रिसना (to fall one drop at a time) · es gotear (to fall one drop at a time) · sv droppa (to rain lightly) · ru течь (to leak slowly) · ca escórrer (to leak slowly) · jv turuh (to fall one drop at a time) · eo guti (to fall one drop at a time) · pl nakapać (to let fall in drops) · kk таму (to fall one drop at a time) · sh nàkapati (to let fall in drops) · bg капя (to leak slowly) · fo dryppa (to fall one drop at a time) · tr damlamak (to fall one drop at a time) · hy կաթել (to fall one drop at a time) · ru протека́ть (to leak slowly) · ar قَطَر (to fall one drop at a time) · da dryppe (to fall one drop at a time) · nb dryppe (to leak slowly) · kw devera (to fall one drop at a time) · gv sheel (to fall one drop at a time) · ca gotejar (to fall one drop at a time) · nb dryppe (to fall one drop at a time) · mn дусах (to fall one drop at a time) · kw devera (to leak slowly) · pl kapać (to fall one drop at a time) · es instilar (to let fall in drops) · pt gotejar (to fall one drop at a time) · mn гоожих (to leak slowly) · hu csöpög (to fall one drop at a time) · kk таму (to let fall in drops) · gl pingar (to fall one drop at a time) · de tropfen (to fall one drop at a time) · unm pànkpe (to fall one drop at a time) · nl druipen (to fall one drop at a time) · wa goter (to fall one drop at a time) · hu csöpögtet (to let fall in drops) · sh cúriti (to leak slowly) · de nieseln (to rain lightly) · grc στάζω (to fall one drop at a time) · cs odkapávat (to leak slowly) · km ស្រក់ (to fall one drop at a time) · gv sheel (to leak slowly) · tet turu (to fall one drop at a time) · sh kȁpati (to fall one drop at a time) · haw kulu (to fall one drop at a time) · fi pisaroida (to let fall in drops) · cs kapat (to let fall in drops) · hi रसना (to leak slowly) · nb sive (to leak slowly) · sv droppa (to leak slowly) · cs kápnout (to fall one drop at a time) · fr suinter (to leak slowly) · cs kápnout (to let fall in drops) · fr goutteler (to fall one drop at a time) · mi turu (to fall one drop at a time) · pl ciec (to leak slowly) · hu szivárog (to leak slowly) · sh cijéditi se (to leak slowly) · hi रसना (to fall one drop at a time) · ru нака́пать (to let fall in drops) · ru ка́пать (to fall one drop at a time) · pt pingar (to let fall in drops) · es escurrir (to leak slowly) · fi tiputtaa (to fall one drop at a time) · de lecken (to leak slowly) · fi vuotaa (to leak slowly) · it gocciolare (to fall one drop at a time) · sa गलति (to fall one drop at a time) · nb dryppe (to rain lightly) · bg изкапвам (to let fall in drops) · hi रिसना (to leak slowly) · izh tilkkua (to fall one drop at a time) · hu csepegtet (to let fall in drops) · tr dammak (to fall one drop at a time) · ru ка́пать (to let fall in drops) · ms titis (to fall one drop at a time) · fi tippua (to leak slowly)