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Added 9 October 2026

drip

/ˈdɹɪp/ verb

In Latin: stillō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about drip at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To fall one drop at a time.
Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!
To leak slowly.
Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?
To let fall in drops.
After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.

noun

A drop of a liquid.
I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.
A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)

Origin

From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).

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