drip – English noun declension

English noun forms of drip

Noun: drip
Singulardrip
Pluraldrips

Sample Sentences

  • I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.
  • I need a bucket to catch the drips.
  • the light drip of the suspended oar [1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza LXXXVI:]
  • He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip.
  • He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!
  • Because most of the blokes I fancy think l'm stupid and pointless—and, so, they just bonk me and then leave me. And the kind of blokes that do fancy me, I think are drips. I can't even be bothered to bonk them. Which does sort of leave me a bit nowhere. [1994, Richard Curtis, Four Weddings and a Funeral, spoken by Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman):]
  • His drip is looking fine, especially the Supreme t-shirt.
  • Hailey decided to show off her drip with a soft, white fluff jacket […] [2019, Diego Pedraza, "Dragon Fashion", Deadline (Middle College High School, Stockton, CA), Volume 5, Issue 5, page 4]
  • The cold weather can't stop your drip. [2020 December, “Inside The Winter Chic”, in Brown Sugar Box, page 3:]
  • Staying true to their purpose, all this exciting drip will be available at the most pocket-friendly prices. [2021 June, “Handpicked Section”, in Syzygy Magazine, page 16:]

Etymology

1. From Middle English drippe, from the verb (see above). Compare West Frisian drip (“drip”), Dutch drup (“drip”), Danish dryp (“drip”).
2. (style, swagger): Compare the verb sense "to have a superabundance of valuable things". See: Middle English Nouns 'drippe', Dutch Nouns 'drup', Danish Nouns 'dryp'.

Verbs referencing "drip"

Finnish Nouns drip, Italian Nouns drip, Swedish Nouns drip.