[syn: soaking, sopping, dripping]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dripping \Drip"ping\, n.
1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
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2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
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Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from
meat in roasting.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drippedor Dript; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dripping.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a
noun. See Drop.]
1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
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2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment
drips.
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The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dripping
adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn:
soaking, sopping, dripping]
n 1: a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves
of house) [syn: dripping, drippage]
2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant
sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: drip, dripping]