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Uncommondrip
The correct spelling is drip.
How to pronounce drip
verb
IPA: /dɹɪp/
Say it like: Dri-p
The correct spelling is drip. To fall one drop at a time. For example: "Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!"
Usage Examples
“Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!”
“Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?”
“After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To fall one drop at a time.
- 2.To leak slowly.
- 3.To let fall in drops.
- 4.(usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.
- 5.(of the weather) To rain lightly.
noun
- 1.A drop of a liquid.
- 2.A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
- 3.An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
- 4.A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
- 5.That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
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