3 entries under this word
v. i. [imp. & p. p. DRIPPED (drĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. DRIPPING.] [A-S. dripan, drupan, dreopan, driopan, O. Sax. driopan, L. Ger. drippen, D. druipen, Icel. dreppa, Sw. drypa, Dan. dryppe, O. H. Ger. triufan, N. H. Ger. triefen, treufen. Cf. Drop.]
Sense 1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from eaves.
Sense 2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel. Tennyson.
v. t. To let fall in drops.
The thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Swift.
n. 1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips or falls in drops.
On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended ear. Byron.
Sense 2. (Arch.) The edge of a roof; the eaves; a large, flat member of the cornice projecting so as to throw off water.
Right of drip (Law), an easement or servitude by which one man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.