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- [drip]
- /drɪp/
- /drɪp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [drip]
- /drɪp/
Definitions of dripped word
- verb without object dripped to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips. 1
- verb without object dripped to fall in drops, as a liquid. 1
- verb with object dripped to let fall in drops. 1
- noun dripped an act of dripping. 1
- noun dripped liquid that drips. 1
- noun dripped the sound made by falling drops: the irritating drip of a faucet. 1
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Origin of dripped
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English dryppe, Old English dryppan; cf. drop
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Parts of speech for Dripped
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dripped 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
dripped usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dripped
noun dripped
- dribbled — to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
verb dripped
- seeped — to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
- plopped — to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water: A frog plopped into the pond.
- rained — 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).
- trilled — to cause to flow in a thin stream.
- wept — simple past tense and past participle of weep1 .
Antonyms for dripped
verb dripped
- gushed — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- collected — An author's collected works or letters are all their works or letters published in one book or in a set of books.
- poured — 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.
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