DRIP Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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as in bore

someone or something boring he's well-meaning, but kind of a drip

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as in bead

the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass the faucet leaked one drip after another no matter what I did to try to fix it

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drip

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verb

ˈdrip

as in to flow

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor the cracked bottle dripped wine

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Noun

This home features modern upgrades like heated floors, a cedar shake roof installed in 2018 that has a copper drip edge, two Generac generators, an underground 2,000-gallon propane tank, new boilers and hot water generator, a central vacuum system and whole-house air conditioning added in 2020. —

Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024 Peet's Coffee: Free coffee on National Coffee Day Stop by any Peet's Coffee location for a free small drip coffee or cold brew on Sunday. —

Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024

Verb

And, of course, the thing rattled, made all this noise, chocolate dripping out of the door. —

Paula J. Johnson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024 That scoop of chocolate gelato in a cone—steadily dripping down your arm on your summer vacation—is going nowhere. —

Alex Christian, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drip

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