Drip
/drɪp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo fall in small drops of liquid.
nounA small drop or slow flow of liquid.
Extra definitions
verb; nounFall in small drops.
verb; nounA small drop of liquid.
verb; nounA slow or boring person.
Sentence Examples
Water began to drip from the ceiling.
A drip of paint marked the floor.
The faucet continued to drip.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.”
— 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
“The Women's Royal Naval Service was integrated with the Royal Navy in November 1993. […] Men interviewed by Public Eye (April, 1994) said they should 'stop dripping about it' and that women should learn to 'take it like a man […]”
— 1995, Sue Innes, Making it work: women, change and challenge in the 1990s, page 21:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Water began to ____ from the ceiling.