drip
A drop of a liquidA drop of a liquid.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A drop of a liquid.
I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.
I need a bucket to catch the drips.
the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
(countable, uncountable)A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
(countable, uncountable)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.
Tropf
ка́пельницаkápelʹnica
кра́пельницяkrápelʹnycja
(colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!
Einfaltspinsel
занудаzanuda
(countable, uncountable)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.
(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
(slang, uncountable)Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt.
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Origin
From Middle English drippe, from the verb (see above). Compare West Frisian drip (“drip”),From Middle English drippe, from the verb (see above). Compare West Frisian drip (“drip”), Dutch drup (“drip”), Danish dryp (“drip”).
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plural: dripsSynonyms
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