Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.

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  2. (countable, uncountable)The sound or action of something that drips.

    Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.

    the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

  3. (countable, uncountable)The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Clarified butter, vegetable oils, bacon drippings or lard are commonly used fats.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
fat:

Forms

plural: drippings
Singulardripping
Pluraldrippings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house):drippage
  • the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop:drip

Word family

3 related words

See also

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