drip

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /drɪp/ UK /drɪp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to fall or let fall in drops

Water began to drip steadily from the cracked ceiling.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to fall or let fall in drops dribble trickle drop drizzle ooze seep

Opposites

gush pour flood

Word family

Forms dripped

Derived forms dripping drippydripper

Related forms droop drop

Simplified etymology

Drip goes back to Old English. It once had the variant drib, which survives indirectly in dribble, driblet, and the expression dribs and drabs; drop and droop are also related.

Etymology

From Middle English 'drippen', from Old English 'dryppan' / Danish 'dryppe', from Proto-Germanic '*drupjaną' ('to drip'), related to 'drop'.

dryppan Old English *drupjaną Proto-Germanic

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# drip

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /drɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /drɪp/

## Meanings
1. to fall or let fall in drops

## Examples
- Water began to drip steadily from the cracked ceiling.

## Synonyms
- dribble
- trickle
- drop
- drizzle
- ooze
- seep

## Antonyms
- gush
- pour
- flood

## Derived Forms
- dripping
- drippy
- dripper

## Related Forms
- droop
- drop

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dryppan
- Root: *drupjaną

## Etymology
From Middle English 'drippen', from Old English 'dryppan' / Danish 'dryppe', from Proto-Germanic '*drupjaną' ('to drip'), related to 'drop'.

## AI Etymology
Drip is from Middle English 'drippen', from Old English 'dryppan' / Danish 'dryppe', from Proto-Germanic '*drupjaną' ('to drip'), related to 'drop'. The ancestry passes through Old English dryppan and Proto-Germanic *drupjaną. In present use as verb and noun, it means "to fall or let fall in drops", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include droop and drop; derived forms include dripping, drippy, and dripper. Its contrast set includes gush, pour, and flood, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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