dripping

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈdrɪpɪŋ/ UK /ˈdrɪpɪŋ/ See IPA manual

noun adj

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noun
fat and juices exuded from roasting meat; falling in drops

She spread the bread with dripping saved from the Sunday roast.

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1 noun · fat and juices exuded from... drippingsfat grease lard

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Related forms drip drop

Etymology

Gerund/participle of 'drip', from Old English 'dryppan' ('to drip'); the culinary noun denotes the fat that drips from roasting meat.

dryppan Old English

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# dripping

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈdrɪpɪŋ
**IPA (UK):** ˈdrɪpɪŋ

## Meanings
1. fat and juices exuded from roasting meat; falling in drops

## Examples
- She spread the bread with dripping saved from the Sunday roast.

## Synonyms
- drippings
- fat
- grease
- lard

## Related Forms
- drip
- drop

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dryppan

## Etymology
Gerund/participle of 'drip', from Old English 'dryppan' ('to drip'); the culinary noun denotes the fat that drips from roasting meat.

## AI Etymology
Dripping is gerund/participle of 'drip', from Old English 'dryppan' ('to drip'); the culinary noun denotes the fat that drips from roasting meat. Important recorded forms include dryppan (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers fat and juices exuded from roasting meat; falling in drops. The wider family includes related words such as drip and drop.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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