drip /ˈdɹɪp/verb 8noun 6forms 5 verb8 •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.My broken pen dripped ink onto the table. •To rain lightly; to drizzle.The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet. •To have a superabundance of (something).The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.The duchess was dripping with jewels. •To be wet, to be soaked. •(slang) Be impressive or attractive.I'm sorry for drippin', but drip is what I do. And one of these days, I'm gon' get dressed and drip all over you. — 2020 •(UK, slang) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble. noun6 •A drop of a liquid.I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.I need a bucket to catch the drips. •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. •A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping. •(informal, disapproving) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip! •(slang) Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt. •That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater. formsdripped · dript · dripping · drippeth · drips