DRIP

drip, drip mold, drip mould

(noun) (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

drip, dripping

(noun) the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; “the constant sound of dripping irritated him”

drip, trickle, dribble

(noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; “there’s a drip through the roof”

drip

(verb) fall in drops; “Water is dripping from the faucet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

drip (third-person singular simple present drips, present participle dripping, simple past and past participle dripped)

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

(intransitive) To leak slowly.

(transitive) To let fall in drops.

(intransitive, usually, with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.

(intransitive, of the weather) To rain lightly.

(intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.

(UK, naval slang, intransitive) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

Etymology 2

Noun

drip (plural drips)

A drop of a liquid.

A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.

(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.

(colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.

(architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.

Etymology 3

Acronym.

Noun

drip

(finance) A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.

Noun

DRIP (plural DRIPs)

(finance) Acronym of dividend reinvestment plan or dividend reinvestment program.

Source: Wiktionary

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Drip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dripped or Dript; p. pr. & vb. n. Dripping.] Etym: [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a noun. See Drop.]

1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips. The dark round of the dripping wheel. Tennyson.

Drip, v. t.

Definition: To let fall in drops. Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Swift.

Drip, n.

1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops. The light drip of the suspended oar. Byron.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water. Right of drip (Law), an easement or servitude by which a man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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