adrip /əˈdɹɪp/ adjective[after a verb]4 •Dripping.There was a gurgling and spurting sound as of dammed water adrip. — 1896 •Covered (with a liquid) to the point that it drips; having a liquid dripping off it.The dust in the road was laid; trees were adrip with moisture; birds sat silent in their coverts; the morning light was wan and ghastly […] — 1893 •(figurative) Covered or filled (with something) as if to the point of dripping.[…] he [Andrew Marvell] was witty with the wittiest; was caustic, humorous; his pages adrip with classicisms — 1890 •(US, slang) Intoxicated with alcohol.
