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dripping

/ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/noun, verb, adverb2 syllables

Dripping means: fall in drops.

Synonyms for dripping6

noun, as in a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)

drippage

noun, as in the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

drip

verb, as in fall in drops

drip, dribble, drop

verb, as in let or cause to fall in drops

dribble, drip, drop

adverb, as in extremely wet

soaking, sopping

What does dripping mean?5

verb

1

fall in drops“Water is dripping from the faucet”

2

let or cause to fall in drops“dribble oil into the mixture”

adverb

1

extremely wet“dripping wet”

noun

1

a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)

2

the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop“the constant sound of dripping irritated him”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dripping?15

three syllables

equipping
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Dripping in a sentence

  • Dripping water wears away a stone not with its strength, but with its constancy.bluepie88
  • The mermaid kissed his fair and lofty brow, and stroked back the dripping hair.Hybrid
  • The faucet was dripping all throughout the night.megamanenm
  • One of the faucets in the bathroom is dripping.CK
  • The rain was dripping through a leak in the roof.auxitt
  • You can hear the water dripping from the pipe.CK
  • Sophie's finger was bleeding so badly that blood was dripping on the ground.Scott
  • A dark liquid was dripping onto the ground.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of dripping

as a noun

plural
drippings