English Dictionary

drip

/dɹɪp/

verb

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time. / (intransitive) To leak slowly. / (transitive) To let fall in drops. / (intransitive, usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.

The faucet began to drip slowly.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

意味（2）

(intransitive) To leak slowly.

Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?

意味（3）

(transitive) To let fall in drops.

After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.

意味（4）

(intransitive, usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.

The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.

意味（5）

(intransitive, of the weather) To rain lightly.

The weather isn't so bad. I mean, it's dripping, but you're not going to get so wet.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.

意味（7）

(UK, naval slang, intransitive) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

The Women's Royal Naval Service was integrated with the Royal Navy in November 1993. […] Men interviewed by Public Eye (April, 1994) said they should 'stop dripping about it' and that women should learn to 'take it like a man […]