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dripping noun [ ˈdrɪpɪŋ ]

• fat that has melted and dripped from roasting meat, used in cooking or eaten cold as a spread.
• "bread and dripping"

dripping adjective

• very wet.
• "dripping wet hair"

drip verb

• let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid.
• "the tap won't stop dripping"
Similar: dribble, drop, leak, trickle, drizzle, run, splash, sprinkle, plop, fall in drops, ooze, seep, exude, be discharged, emanate, issue,
Opposite: gush,
Origin: Old English dryppan, drȳpen, of Germanic origin; related to Danish dryppe, also to drop.


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