[
UK
/dɹˈɪpɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
-
the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
the constant sound of dripping irritated him
ADVERB
-
extremely wet
dripping wet
soaking wet
How To Use dripping In A Sentence
- In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
- Spittle and blood spattered his lips, dripping in my mouth. Brush of Darkness
- Use of a wet towel or dripping water to induce a perception of suffocating.
- Skim the fat from pan juices, and reduce the drippings by boiling them down to a delicious sauce.
- The sludge from the bottom of the swamp that the dredge hauls up dripping and oozing at least has substance: you can dry it out, look at it through a microscope, describe it, or flush it down the toilet.
- Water was dripping onto the floor.
- I stayed there for three days, until the snow began to melt, dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof.
- There is a splendid tale of the latter, his pen dripping in irony and vitriol, composing a letter to the United board congratulating them on their ground improvements in the aftermath of his own promises to build a new stadium.
- He pictured it as a liquid fiery ball, constantly dripping flames into no particular direction due to lack of gravity.
- Just inside the gates, an overalled gardener with a gentle face is poking insincerely at the dripping rhododendrons with a pair of secateurs.