dripping

Pluraldrippings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of drip. Use this form to talk about drops falling right now.

   Water was dripping from the broken pipe all night.

   The wet umbrella kept dripping onto the kitchen floor.

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2. 2
   adjective

   So wet that drops of water fall from it.

   Like a sponge so full of water that drops keep falling off it.

   Her coat was dripping when she came in from the storm.

   He wrung out his dripping socks by the door.

   Similarsoaked, drenched, sodden, soaking, wet

   Oppositedry

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The sound or steady fall of liquid coming down in drops.

   Like the steady sound of a leaking tap.

   The constant dripping from the tap kept her awake.

   He could hear a slow dripping somewhere in the basement.

   Similartrickle

4. 4
   noununcountable

   Solid fat from cooked meat, saved and used for cooking or spreading.

   Like butter, but made from the fat of cooked meat.

   Grandma fried the potatoes in dripping for extra flavor.

   He spread some dripping on a thick slice of bread.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   A way of vaping by putting the liquid straight onto the heating coil.

   Like adding drops right onto a hot pan instead of feeding them through a tube.

   Some vapers prefer dripping because it gives a stronger flavor.

   He switched to dripping to get bigger clouds of vapor.

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