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nondrip

drip
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drip]
    • /drɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drip]
    • /drɪp/

Definitions of nondrip word

  • verb without object nondrip to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips. 1
  • verb without object nondrip to fall in drops, as a liquid. 1
  • verb with object nondrip to let fall in drops. 1
  • noun nondrip an act of dripping. 1
  • noun nondrip liquid that drips. 1
  • noun nondrip the sound made by falling drops: the irritating drip of a faucet. 1

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Origin of nondrip

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 Nondrip

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

nondrip 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".

nondrip usage trend in Literature

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