Drip
noun
Small drops of a liquid.
A drip of water fell from the leaky faucet.
Often appears as...
- drip of water
- drip of paint
verb
To let liquid fall in drops.
The faucet drips all night and keeps me awake.
Often appears as...
- faucet drips
- rain drips
noun
A device or substance for making a liquid come out in drops.
She's on a drip in the hospital.
Often appears as...
- on a drip
- intravenous drip
noun
A person who is slow or boring.
He's such a drip. He doesn't know how to have fun.
Often appears as...
- he's a drip
- such a drip
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To supply a patient with liquid slowly over a period of time.
They drip fed the patient with nutrients.
Often appears as...
- drip feed nutrients
- drip feed medicine
verb
To release information slowly over a period of time.
The government drip-fed the scandal to the public over several weeks.
Often appears as...
- drip-feed scandal
- drip-feed information
noun
Small drops of a liquid.
A drip of water fell from the leaky faucet.
Often appears as...
- drip of water
- drip of paint
verb
To let liquid fall in drops.
The faucet drips all night and keeps me awake.
Often appears as...
- faucet drips
- rain drips
noun
A device or substance for making a liquid come out in drops.
She's on a drip in the hospital.
Often appears as...
- on a drip
- intravenous drip
noun
A person who is slow or boring.
He's such a drip. He doesn't know how to have fun.
Often appears as...
- he's a drip
- such a drip
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To supply a patient with liquid slowly over a period of time.
They drip fed the patient with nutrients.
Often appears as...
- drip feed nutrients
- drip feed medicine
verb
To release information slowly over a period of time.
The government drip-fed the scandal to the public over several weeks.
Often appears as...
- drip-feed scandal
- drip-feed information
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a leaky tap as you say 'drip' to picture small, successive drops.
Each drip of water from the ceiling marked the seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Sounds of Drip
The word 'drip' can also convey the sound of falling liquid drops.
The steady drip-drip-drip kept me up all night.
Pro Tip 3/3Minimal Quantity
'Drip' suggests a very small quantity of liquid, less than a pour or splash.
A single drip of syrup added just enough sweetness.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a leaky tap as you say 'drip' to picture small, successive drops.
Each drip of water from the ceiling marked the seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Sounds of Drip
The word 'drip' can also convey the sound of falling liquid drops.
The steady drip-drip-drip kept me up all night.
Pro Tip 3/3Minimal Quantity
'Drip' suggests a very small quantity of liquid, less than a pour or splash.
A single drip of syrup added just enough sweetness.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a leaky tap as you say 'drip' to picture small, successive drops.
Each drip of water from the ceiling marked the seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Sounds of Drip
The word 'drip' can also convey the sound of falling liquid drops.
The steady drip-drip-drip kept me up all night.
Pro Tip 3/3Minimal Quantity
'Drip' suggests a very small quantity of liquid, less than a pour or splash.
A single drip of syrup added just enough sweetness.
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Video examples
Ben Goldacre: Battling...
"A glass of red wine a day could help prevent breast cancer." So you find this paper, and find that it is a real piece of science. It's a description of the changes in the behavior of one enzyme when you drip a chemical extracted from some red grape skin onto some cancer cells in a dish on a bench in a laboratory somewhere.
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Nathan Myhrvold: Cut...
Most of the characteristic char-grilled taste doesn't come from the wood or the charcoal. Buying mesquite charcoal will not actually make that much difference. Mostly it comes from fat pyrolyzing, or burning. So it's the fat that drips down and flares up that causes the characteristic taste.
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Christina Costa: How...
because there was a large mass in the right hemisphere of my brain, and that's where I saw the image for the first time. I have never been more scared in my life than I was that night, and with tears dripping down my face, in the hospital, I kissed my brain for the first time
Video examples
Dear Aunt Bonnie, I’m...
that they were sending down into the deep ocean that has the most horrific sound that she played for us for like thirty seconds it was so eerie might not be the best way to drip fish and her genius idea was to maybe not do that and put a probe down there that fish would like
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Janine Shepherd: A...
I was lying on a thin, hard spinal bed. I had no movement in my legs. I had tight stockings on to protect from blood clots. I had one arm in plaster, one arm tied down by drips. I had a neck brace and sandbags on either side of my head and I saw my world through a mirror
Video examples
Alison Wright: Portraits...
staring at a ceiling on a morphine drip for for many months and then I just reached a point where I got to get off these drugs and got off everything and I remember this doctor coming in my room and saying you better think about what you want to do with your life now
Video examples
What is abstract...
he made drip, or action, paintings following a similar premise, though he developed a signature technique and never looked for images or messages hidden in the works. First, he took the canvas off of the easel and laid it on the floor, a subversive act in itself.
Video examples
Why should you read “The...
after her drowning. As the family mourns, lilies curl and crisp in the hot church. A baby bat crawls up a funeral sari. Tears drip from a chin like raindrops from a roof. The novel forays into the past to explore the characters’ struggles
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
life was very difficult, a struggle day by day. My family was living in a hut. With the eye of a child, I can still see water dripping from the thatched roof of our house when it rained.
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
they drip into the pond as more advanced
Video examples
Ben Goldacre: Battling...
"A glass of red wine a day could help prevent breast cancer." So you find this paper, and find that it is a real piece of science. It's a description of the changes in the behavior of one enzyme when you drip a chemical extracted from some red grape skin onto some cancer cells in a dish on a bench in a laboratory somewhere.
Video examples
Nathan Myhrvold: Cut...
Most of the characteristic char-grilled taste doesn't come from the wood or the charcoal. Buying mesquite charcoal will not actually make that much difference. Mostly it comes from fat pyrolyzing, or burning. So it's the fat that drips down and flares up that causes the characteristic taste.
Video examples
Christina Costa: How...
because there was a large mass in the right hemisphere of my brain, and that's where I saw the image for the first time. I have never been more scared in my life than I was that night, and with tears dripping down my face, in the hospital, I kissed my brain for the first time
Video examples
Dear Aunt Bonnie, I’m...
that they were sending down into the deep ocean that has the most horrific sound that she played for us for like thirty seconds it was so eerie might not be the best way to drip fish and her genius idea was to maybe not do that and put a probe down there that fish would like
Video examples
Janine Shepherd: A...
I was lying on a thin, hard spinal bed. I had no movement in my legs. I had tight stockings on to protect from blood clots. I had one arm in plaster, one arm tied down by drips. I had a neck brace and sandbags on either side of my head and I saw my world through a mirror
Video examples
Alison Wright: Portraits...
staring at a ceiling on a morphine drip for for many months and then I just reached a point where I got to get off these drugs and got off everything and I remember this doctor coming in my room and saying you better think about what you want to do with your life now
Video examples
What is abstract...
he made drip, or action, paintings following a similar premise, though he developed a signature technique and never looked for images or messages hidden in the works. First, he took the canvas off of the easel and laid it on the floor, a subversive act in itself.
Video examples
Why should you read “The...
after her drowning. As the family mourns, lilies curl and crisp in the hot church. A baby bat crawls up a funeral sari. Tears drip from a chin like raindrops from a roof. The novel forays into the past to explore the characters’ struggles
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
life was very difficult, a struggle day by day. My family was living in a hut. With the eye of a child, I can still see water dripping from the thatched roof of our house when it rained.
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
they drip into the pond as more advanced
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Quote examples
Noah Baumbach
American Writer
I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life that changes people or affects people.
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Kat Graham
American Actress
I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
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Jim Bakker
American Celebrity
It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard.
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NLE Choppa
American Rapper
A lot of people can throw the drip on, but if you don't layer your chain a certain way, it doesn't complete the outfit.
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Gunna
American Musician
I'm gon' drip forever, but I'm not going to just focus on that. That's not going to be the title of all my albums.
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Helen Baxendale
English Actress
I don't know what drippy means, but it's not very nice. To be drippy. I don't feel like I drip much at all.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I just drink regular drip coffee, but I'm kind of a coffee baby.
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Future
American Musician
You gotta catch the sauce. Move with me... I'm dripping sauce.
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George Gershwin
American Composer
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
Quote examples
Noah Baumbach
American Writer
I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life that changes people or affects people.
Quote examples
Kat Graham
American Actress
I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
Quote examples
Jim Bakker
American Celebrity
It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard.
Quote examples
NLE Choppa
American Rapper
A lot of people can throw the drip on, but if you don't layer your chain a certain way, it doesn't complete the outfit.
Quote examples
Gunna
American Musician
I'm gon' drip forever, but I'm not going to just focus on that. That's not going to be the title of all my albums.
Quote examples
Helen Baxendale
English Actress
I don't know what drippy means, but it's not very nice. To be drippy. I don't feel like I drip much at all.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I just drink regular drip coffee, but I'm kind of a coffee baby.
Quote examples
Future
American Musician
You gotta catch the sauce. Move with me... I'm dripping sauce.
Quote examples
George Gershwin
American Composer
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
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