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DRIPPING
soaking, sopping, dripping
(adverb) extremely wet; “dripping wet”; “soaking wet”
drip, dripping
(noun) the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; “the constant sound of dripping irritated him”
dripping, drippage
(noun) a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
DRIP
drip
(verb) fall in drops; “Water is dripping from the faucet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
dripping (countable and uncountable, plural drippings)
Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
The sound or action of something that drips.
The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.
Verb
dripping
present participle of drip
Source: Wiktionary
Drip"ping, n.
1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting. Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.
DRIP
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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