dripping C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈdrɪpɪŋ/ UK /ˈdrɪpɪŋ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun fat and juices exuded from roasting meat; falling in drops She spread the bread with dripping saved from the Sunday roast. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · fat and juices exuded from... drippingsfatgreaselard Word family Related forms dripdrop Etymology AI details Gerund/participle of 'drip', from Old English 'dryppan' ('to drip'); the culinary noun denotes the fat that drips from roasting meat. dryppan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # dripping **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **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 markdown