Everything was quiet except for the drip of rain from the roof.Place the muffin pan on a baking sheet to catch the drips.A steady drip of blood was forming a pool on the floor.The man with the bright eyes needed a saline drip.The dead silence was broken only by a regular drip, drip, drip.As I settled the man on to a pallet and helped the Sister fasten the glucose drip, I felt less uncomfortable.Localized irrigation Drip irrigation Sprinkler. Before painting, lay a cloth on the floor to catch any drips. Water is distributed over and across land by gravity, no mechanical pump involved.I don't know if you are in America or Britain or elsewhere, but I would ask you to bear in mind that the word 'drip', in Britain anyway, has the further connotation of 'A stupid, feeble, or dull person a fool a bore - slang' (OED it does not mark it as specifically British, so I am not sure if Americans use the word. A drip to be adjusted here, a vein to be found there, the floor to be constantly scrubbed. Numbers 1,2,3, and 8 sound perfectly alright to my native (British) ear.4 informal BORING someone who is boring and weak 5 → drip, drip, drip Examples from the Corpus drip 3 MD a piece of equipment used in hospitals for putting liquids directly into your blood through a tube SYN IV be/put somebody on a drip At the hospital they put me on a drip. 2 LIQUID the sound or action of a liquid falling in drops The silence was broken only by a regular drip, drip, drip. ○ noun 1 LIQUID one of the drops of liquid that fall from something I put some plastic buckets on the floor to catch the drips.Related topics: Drugs, medicines drip drip 2 Water began dripping into the window, the port engine started to cough.You can hear the sound of water dripping in the pail and the sound of the washcloth on skin.And yet inside, despite the saturated carpet and water still dripping from the ceiling, business was proceeding.One of his neighbours finds water dripping from the balcony above along her ceiling and out near her electric fire.Thé rèse held it for her, burning her fingers even as the icy water dripped over them.We stood under a tree, with rain dripping onto our heads.Wax from the candle dripped on the tablecloth. drip is Another way of saying swag, drip is a term for a cool or sexy trend or style.The blood was still dripping from the cut on his lip.He ignored the icicles too, a whole row of glistening two-and three-footers dripping from a pipe.Sweat dripped down the sides of his head and chest. The two of them looked at it, as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum.The faucet's dripping again - you'd better call the plumber. 3 → be dripping with something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus drip 2 LIQUID to fall in drops drip down/from etc The rain dripped down his neck. be dripping with blood/sweat etc The hand that held the gun was dripping with sweat. drip blood/water/sweat etc John came in, his arm dripping blood. Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping. ○ verb ( dripped, dripping ) 1 LIQUID to let liquid fall in drops The tap’s dripping.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ldoce_076_c drip drip 1 / drɪp /
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