adrip

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adrip

  • /əˈdɹɪp/

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From a- + drip.

adjective

  1. not comparable, predicative Dripping. There was a gurgling and spurting sound as of dammed water adrip.
  2. not comparable, predicative Covered (with a liquid) to the point that it drips; having a liquid dripping off it. The dust in the road was laid; trees were adrip with moisture; birds sat silent in their coverts; the morning light was wan and ghastly […]
  3. figuratively, not comparable, predicative Covered or filled (with something) as if to the point of dripping. […] he [Andrew Marvell] was witty with the wittiest; was caustic, humorous; his pages adrip with classicisms;
  4. US, not comparable, predicative, slang Intoxicated with alcohol.

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