n. Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
v. Present participle of drip.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
n. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. That which falls in drops; specifically, the fat which falls from meat in roasting: commonly in the plural.
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n. a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
n. the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
ad. extremely wet
Word Usage
"Pieces of burning metal had begun dripping from the hold in the side of the building where the hov disappeared, splashing the roadway with a deadly mix of “death by chemical fumes” and “death by being burned alive.”"