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Drip   /drɪp/   Listen
Drip

noun
1.
Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid.  Synonyms: dribble, trickle.
2.
The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop.  Synonym: dripping.
3.
(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway).  Synonyms: drip mold, drip mould.
verb
(past & past part. dripped or dript; pres. part. dripping)
1.
Fall in drops.
2.
Let or cause to fall in drops.  Synonyms: dribble, drop.



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"Drip" Quotes from Famous Books



... a telephone line she's a hostile monopolist. Early in the morning she grabs it and holds it fiercely against all comers, while talking with her friends about the awful time she had the night before when the cold water faucet in the kitchen began to drip. Mrs. Askinson can talk an hour on this fertile subject, stopping each minute or two to say, with the most corrosive dignity, to some poor victim who is wiggling his receiver hook: "Please get off this line, whoever you are. Haven't you any manners? I'm talking, ...
— Homeburg Memories • George Helgesen Fitch
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... eel, remove the skin and intestines, and hang it up before the fire and let the oil drip into a pan or vessel. When done dripping, bottle the oil, and of this drop into the ear once a day or twice a day five or six drops from a warm teaspoon. I have heard remarkable accounts of the efficacy of this ...
— The Ladies Book of Useful Information - Compiled from many sources • Anonymous
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... you think, too," added Josef. "For each silkworm has coated the inside of his little home with a gum-like substance that makes it waterproof. He has no intention of lying down to sleep in a leaky cottage where the rain may drip through." ...
— The Story of Silk • Sara Ware Bassett
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... strong on attractive samples. It would be useless to try for fancy prices if I brought honey to town in mean-looking cases or rusty cans. A slight drip down the side of a package might not be proof positive of poor quality, but it would frighten away a careful buyer. Likewise, I do not illustrate my egg sales talks with a sample dozen of odd sizes and shapes. It is needless to add that goods delivered to ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
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... cup-bearing hand stood transfixed halfway from table to lip. The silver cup tilted part way over in sheer astonishment. Drip, drip, drip, dripped the contents down into Tot's scrap of ruffled and ...
— Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories • M. T. W.
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