drip drip

  • 71drip — 1 verb dripped, dripping 1 (I) to produce small drops of liquid: The tap s dripping. | Be careful your paintbrush is dripping. 2 (I, T) to fall or let something fall in very small drops (+ down/from etc): Sweat dripped from his body. | Water was… …

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  • 72drip-dry — [[t]ˈdrɪpˌdraɪ[/t]] v. usu. [[t] ˈdraɪ[/t]] v. dried, dry•ing, 1) clo (of a garment, etc.) to dry unwrinkled and without losing shape when hung dripping wet 2) clo to hang so as to drip dry: to drip dry a shirt[/ex] 3) clo able to be drip dried:… …

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  • 73drip pan — noun 1. pan for catching drippings under roasting meat • Syn: ↑dripping pan • Hypernyms: ↑pan, ↑cooking pan 2. pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste • Hypernyms: ↑pan …

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  • 74drip — I. verb (dripped; dripping) Etymology: Middle English drippen, from Old English dryppan; akin to Old English dropa drop Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to let fall in drops < a brush dripping paint > 2. to let out or seem to spill&#8230; …

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  • 75drip marketing — n. A direct marketing strategy that involves sending out a number of promotional pieces over a period of time to a subset of sales leads. Example Citation: In Cycle 1, sales ready leads are forwarded to the appropriate sales person. Prospects who …

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  • 76drip — {{11}}drip (n.) mid 15c., from DRIP (Cf. drip) (v.). The slang meaning stupid, feeble, or dull person is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense nonsense (1919). {{12}}drip (v.) c.1300, perhaps from from M.Dan.&#8230; …

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  • 77drip-stick gauge — A type of visual fuel quantity indicator to measure the quantity of fuel in a tank. Unlike a dipstick, a drip stick is located at the bottom of a tank. The drip stick is slowly pulled out until the first drop of fuel drops. At this time, the top&#8230; …

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  • 78drip-feed — /ˈdrɪp fid/ (say drip feed) noun 1. a supply of a liquid delivered drop by drop. 2. a. a tube which supplies blood, plasma, saline or sugar solutions, usually intravenously, to a patient. b. the substance thus administered. 3. a supply of&#8230; …

  • 79drip coffee — noun coffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffee • Hypernyms: ↑coffee, ↑java * * * noun : coffee made by letting boiling water drip slowly through finely ground coffee * * * 1. a beverage&#8230; …

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  • 80drip pot — noun a coffeepot for making drip coffee • Hypernyms: ↑coffeepot * * * noun : a pot for making drip coffee * * * drip pot, a pot used to make drip coffee …

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