drip

I UK [drɪp] / US verb
Word forms "drip":
present tense I/you/we/they drip he/she/it drips present participle dripping past tense dripped past participle dripped

1)

a) [intransitive] if a liquid drips, it falls in very small drops

Red paint had dripped on the floor.

Sweat was dripping down his face.

b) [transitive] if you drip a liquid, you make it fall in very small drops

Drip some wax onto the paper to make a seal.

2) [intransitive] to produce small drops of liquid

The tap was dripping.

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- be dripping with something

II UK [drɪp] / US noun
Word forms "drip":
singular drip plural drips

1)

a) [singular] the sound or action of a liquid falling in drops

All I could hear was the drip, drip of water.

b) [countable] one of the small drops of liquid that fall from something

There were drips of blood on the floor.

2) [countable] medical a piece of equipment used in a hospital for putting a liquid such as medicine directly into your body

be on a drip:

He was on a drip for two weeks after the accident.

3) [countable] informal someone who you think is very weak or boring

4) [countable] a small amount of something such as information that you get regularly

a steady drip of data suggesting that the economy is improving