drips

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of something dripping or the continuous falling of small drops of a liquid.

  - "Water drips from the faucet."
  - "The tree drips sap in the spring."

• Noun

  A small amount of liquid that falls or is dropped.

  - "A single drip of rain."
  - "The paintbrush left a drip on the canvas."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with drips
dripper , ripper , primmer , quipper

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Variants

List of all variants of drips that leads to same result
drip , drips , dripped , dripper , drippers , dripping , postnasal drip , postnasal drips

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Etymology

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Old English drīpan, from drīp 'drop'

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Trivia

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1. A single drip of water can weigh as much as 1 gram.

2. The term 'drip comedy' refers to a style of comedy where the humor comes from small, gradual developments in a situation.

3. In the early 20th century, 'drip paintings' were created by letting paint drip from the brush or can onto the canvas to create abstract art.

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Related Concepts

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1. Drip irrigation: A method of watering crops where water is dripped directly onto the roots.

2. Drip coffee maker: An appliance used to brew coffee by dripping hot water over ground coffee beans.

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Culture

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In literature, drips can symbolize a gradual or continuous process, such as the dripping of water in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. In art, drip painting is a technique where artists drip paint onto a canvas to create abstract patterns.

How to Memorize "drips"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a leaky faucet and the drops of water falling one by one.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the sound of water dripping.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a phrase where each word starts with the same letter as 'drip': 'Dancing Rabbits In Peculiar Places'.

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