drip |drip|verb (drips, dripping, dripped) [ no obj. ]let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid: the faucet won't stop dripping | his hands were dripping with blood.• [ with adverbial ] (of liquid) fall in small drops: water dripped from her clothing.• [ with obj. ] cause or allow (a liquid) to shed small drops: the candle was dripping wax down one side.• display a copious amount or degree of a particular quality or thing: the women were dripping with gold and diamonds | [ with obj. ] : her voice dripped sarcasm.noun1 a small drop of a liquid: she put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips.• [ in sing. ] the action or sound of liquid falling steadily in small drops: the drip, drip, drip of the leak in the roof.• short for drip feed.2 informal a weak and ineffectual person.3 Architecture a projection or groove on the underside of a cornice, windowsill, or molding that prevents rain from running down the wall below. Compare with dripstone.ORIGIN Old English dryppan, drȳpen, of Germanic origin; related to Danish dryppe, also to drop.