Meaning

noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

noun the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

noun (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

originFrom Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).

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