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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

... already described, were built against a perpendicular rock which formed an excellent and substantial back wall to the building. The top of the rock overhung the little building, and the water from it continually dripping on the roof of the house gave the impression ...

— Tea Leaves • Francis Leggett & Co.

... means, a pleasant prospect, for, of all the work that a sailor is called upon to do in cold weather, there is none so bad as working the ground-tackle. The heavy chain cables to be hauled and pulled about the decks with bare hands; wet hawsers, slip-ropes, and buoy-ropes to be hauled aboard, dripping in water, which is running up your sleeves, and freezing; clearing hawse under the bows; getting under weigh and coming-to, at all hours of the night and day, and a constant look-out for rocks and sands and turns of tides;—these are some of the disagreeables of such a navigation to a common sailor. ...

— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana

... massy knows!" exclaimed the old lady, as she looked about her in dismay at the water which was still dripping down from above. "It'll take a whole month to put things to rights agin. I can't tell, for the life ...

— Freaks of Fortune - or, Half Round the World • Oliver Optic

... away. Returning, he disappeared into the kitchen with a dripping pail and Ellice's voice was raised in harsh upbraiding. Then the man came out, looking a trifle weary, though he sat down ...

— Prescott of Saskatchewan • Harold Bindloss

... mutual impulse, Ruby and Dove began to dance! But this was merely a spurt of feeling, more than half-involuntary. In the middle of a bar Joe flung down the fiddle, and, springing up, seized Ruby round the neck and hugged him, an act which made him aware of the fact that he was dripping wet. ...

— The Lighthouse • Robert Ballantyne

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