drip

UK: /ˈdrɪp/ US: /drɪp/ ,(drip)

Inflections of 'drip' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

drips

v 3rd person singular

dripping

v pres p

dripped

v past

dripped

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

drip /drɪp/   v., dripped, drip•ping, n. 
v. 

1. to let drops fall:
   [no object] This faucet drips.
2. to (cause to) fall in drops;
   dribble: [no object]
   The milk dripped out of the bottle and down her shirt.
   [~ + object]
   He dripped some water on her face.

n. 

3. an act of dripping:
   [uncountable] the drip of the rain.
4. liquid that drips:
   [uncountable] Wipe the drip of water from your nose.
5. the sound made by falling drops:
   [countable* usually singular] the irritating drip of a faucet.
6. Slang Terms a boring or colorless person:
   [countable] a blind date with a real drip.
7. Medicine [uncountable] the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into the body, usually into a vein.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

drip  (drip), v., dripped or dript, drip•ping, n. 
v.i. 

1. to let drops fall;
   shed drops:
   This faucet drips.
2. to fall in drops, as a liquid.

v.t. 

3. to let fall in drops.

n. 

4. an act of dripping.
5. liquid that drips.
6. the sound made by falling drops:
   the irritating drip of a faucet.
7. Slang Terms an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.
8. Building (in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface.
9. Building, Building, Architecture [Archit., Building Trades.] any device, as a molding, for shedding rain water to keep it from running down a wall, falling onto the sill of an opening, etc.
10. Building a pipe for draining off condensed steam from a radiator, heat exchanger, etc.
11. Medicine See intravenous drip. 
12. Slang Terms maudlin sentimentality.

• bef. 1000; Middle English dryppe, Old English dryppan; compare drop

Synonyms

• 2. trickle, dribble, leak, sprinkle, drizzle.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

drip / drɪp/ verb (drips, dripping, dripped)

1. to fall or let fall in drops

noun

1. the formation and falling of drops of liquid
2. the sound made by falling drops
3. a projection at the front lower edge of a sill or cornice designed to throw water clear of the wall below
4. an inane, insipid person
5. the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of a therapeutic solution, as of salt or sugar
6. the solution administered
7. the equipment used to administer a solution in this way

Etymology: Old English dryppan, from dropa drop