Drip

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
drip
    n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of
         liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: {drip},
         {trickle}, {dribble}]
    2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant
       sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: {drip}, {dripping}]
    3: (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed
       to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or
       doorway) [syn: {drip}, {drip mold}, {drip mould}]
    v 1: fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"
    2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"
       [syn: {dribble}, {drip}, {drop}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dripped}or {Dript}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dripping}.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a
   noun. See {Drop}.]
   1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
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   2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment
      drips.
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            The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drip \Drip\, v. t.
   To let fall in drops.
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         Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.
                                                  --Swift.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drip \Drip\, n.
   1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which
      drips, or falls in drops.
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            The light drip of the suspended oar.  --Byron.
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   2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other
      horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is
      of such section as to throw off the rain water.
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   {Right of drip} (Law), an easement or servitude by which a
      man has the right to have the water flowing from his house
      fall on the land of his neighbor.
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from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
DRIP
       Designated Relays Inquiry Protocol (SPAM)
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "drip":
      balderdash, baloney, boob, bore, bull, bunk, bushwa, buttonholer,
      chump, clod, condensation, condense, crashing bore, damper,
      distill, distillation, dolt, dope, drag, dribble, dripping,
      drippings, dripple, drivel, drizzle, drop, dryasdust, dullard,
      dusty, exude, filter, flat tire, frightful bore, goon, gurgle,
      gush, headache, humdrum, killjoy, leach, leaching, leak, leak out,
      leakage, leaking, lixiviate, lixiviation, milksop, moron, nuisance,
      ooze, percolate, percolation, pest, pill, pour, proser, seep,
      seepage, seeping, simpleton, sluice, spatter, sprinkle, spurtle,
      stream, sweat, sweating, trickle, tricklet, trill, twaddle,
      twaddler, weed, weep, wet, wet blanket
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