dripping

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dripping

/ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ

noun drippings

countable, uncountable Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat. They were pleased because he was not above drinking a cup of tea with them, and when the dawn came and they were still waiting they offered him a slice of bread and dripping; he was not squeamish and could eat most things now with a good appetite.
countable, uncountable The sound or action of something that drips. Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.
countable, uncountable The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette. When dripping, it can be eaiser to flood your atomizer. I suggest to only add the amount of E-liquid that you plan on vaping at that particular moment.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of drip

adjective more dripping · most dripping

very wet. I am sure that the whole scene, with its dripping bamboo forest, every tree festooned with fern, orchid and creeper, filled him with disgust—all so different from the deserts and oases of his lost Bokhara.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: watery, sopping, wet, soaking, reeking, sinking, rotting, seeping, oozing, leaking, weeping, trickling, dribbling, sodden, drenched, saturated

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noun fat

Español	chorreo
Português	chorume
Français	dégoulinade, ruissellement
Deutsch	Bratenfett
Ελληνικά	τσιγαρίδα tsigarída
Tiếng Việt	ròng ròng

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@misc{dripping_2026,
  title = {dripping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dripping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}