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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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verb

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
Once the album dropped in June, a swarm of fans dripped down in Brat attire filled Brooklyn Paramount to catch her first full live show in support of the release. Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024 Related Articles In her new collection, beads drip from the décollatage of a black column gown, while leaf appliqués climb across gowns. Violet Goldstone, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drip 

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“Drip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drip. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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