Words / B2

DRIP/drɪp/

To drip is to fall in drops; as a noun, a drop or a medical device that puts liquid into a vein: a dripping tap; on a drip. Drop is the everyday twin; leak is related; infusion is the medical twin. A drip in the medical notes still needs the rate. Mix-up: drip vs drop; trip; do not write drip for a flood with no drops in the source.

Meaning

To fall in drops; as a noun, a drop or a medical device that puts liquid into a vein.

Examples

• “A drip in the medical notes still needs the rate; dripping taps featured in the water audit.”
• “Paint dripped in the DT practical, which is the fall-in-drops sense — still name the material.”

Good to know

drip from; a dripping tap; on a drip (IV). Close: drop / leak / infusion. Trap: trip. Health, DT, and geography. Fall in drops, or a medical IV device — quote the rate or the audit.

Near in meaning

drop, leak, trickle

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