Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dripping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dripping \Drip"ping\, n.
1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
{Dripping pan}, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from
meat in roasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment
drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dripping
adj 1: having liquid falling in drops; "in the dripping fog"; "the
scene where he is singing in the rain in dripping
clothes"; "there was little shelter under the dripping
trees"
2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood
or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: {reeking}, {watery}]
adv : extremely; "dripping wet," "soaking wet" [syn: {soaking}, {sopping}]
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