Drip /(?)/

Drip

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Dripped; p. pr. & vb. n. Dripping

  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.

Drip

v. t.
  1. To let fall in drops.
    Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain.

Drip

n.
  1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
    The light drip of the suspended oar.
  2. That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water. (Arch.)

Phrases & Compounds

Right of drip
an easement or servitude by which a man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.