dripping

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dripping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dripping \Drip"ping\, n.
     1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
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     2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
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     Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from
        meat in roasting.
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  Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drippedor Dript; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Dripping.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a
     noun. See Drop.]
     1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
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     2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment
        drips.
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              The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson.
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dripping - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dripping
      adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn:
             soaking, sopping, dripping]
      n 1: a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves
           of house) [syn: dripping, drippage]
      2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant
         sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: drip, dripping]