Meaning of Drip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
   alt-of
2. A drop of a liquid.
   countable, uncountable
3. Acronym of dividend reinvestment plan or dividend reinvestment program.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
4. A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
   countable, uncountable
5. An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
   countable, uncountable
6. A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
   colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable
7. That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
   countable, uncountable
8. Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
   slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.”

“I need a bucket to catch the drips.”

“the light drip of the suspended oar”

“He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.”

“He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!”

“Because most of the blokes I fancy think l'm stupid and pointless—and, so, they just bonk me and then leave me. And the kind of blokes that do fancy me, I think are drips. I can't even be bothered to bonk them. Which does sort of leave me a bit nowhere.”

“His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt.”

“Hailey decided to show off her drip with a soft, white fluff jacket […]”

“The cold weather can't stop your drip.”

“Staying true to their purpose, all this exciting drip will be available at the most pocket-friendly prices.”

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