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- [drip]
- /drɪp/
- /drɪp/
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- [drip]
- /drɪp/
Definitions of drip word
- verb without object drip to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips. 1
- verb without object drip to fall in drops, as a liquid. 1
- verb with object drip to let fall in drops. 1
- noun drip an act of dripping. 1
- noun drip liquid that drips. 1
- noun drip the sound made by falling drops: the irritating drip of a faucet. 1
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Origin of drip
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English dryppe, Old English dryppan; cf. drop
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Drip
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
drip popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
drip usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for drip
verb drip
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- plop — to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water: A frog plopped into the pond.
- rain — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- drizzle — to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.
- filter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
noun drip
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- trickle — to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.
- leak — an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
adjective drip
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- unaccepted — generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.: an accepted pronunciation of a word; an accepted theory.
- unvalued — highly regarded or esteemed: a valued friend.
- nerdy — Slang. of or like a nerd.
- out of favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
Antonyms for drip
verb drip
- pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- gush — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
noun drip
- stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
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