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/drˈɪpɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Dripping n.

A falling in drops, or the sound so made.

That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.

Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.

verb

Drip v. t. To let fall in drops. "Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain."

Drip v. i. (past & past part. dripped or dript; pres. part. dripping)

To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips. "The dark round of the dripping wheel."

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Etymology of 'Dripping'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dripping" Quotes from Famous Books

... Clyde came up with a tin dipper in her hand. "I've been having a drink,—such a drink, Blue Bonnet!" She held out the dripping cup and Blue Bonnet drank from ...

— Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party • C. E. Jacobs

... light of two smoky lanterns to the place selected as a military cemetery. To add to the weirdness of the scene two pipers played a dirge. In the dim light of the lanterns, with the dropping rain over head and the dripping trees around us, we laid the poor boy to rest. The whole scene made a lasting impression on those ...

— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott

... took his place in the boat he presented a sorry spectacle, for his clothes were wet through and dripping. ...

— Luke Walton • Horatio Alger

... were already lying washed out by the roots. Billy looked, and swung the nozzle sharply around, and the scream that Kitty uttered told him that he had hit another mark. That pink shirt-waist looked disreputable. Water was dripping from all its laces, and from Kitty's hair, and her cheeks glistened with ...

— The Cheerful Smugglers • Ellis Parker Butler

... woman," rejoined the abbot; "I have pronounced the dread anathema, and it cannot be recalled. Look at the dripping garments of thy child. In blood has it been baptised, and through blood-stained paths ...

— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth

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