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dripping

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. dripping (noun)
  2. drip (verb)
  3. drip pan (noun)

drip·ping

noun \ˈdri-piŋ\

Definition of DRIPPING

: fat and juices drawn from meat during cooking —often used in plural
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Examples of DRIPPING

  1. He cooked a turkey and made gravy from the drippings.
  2. Pour the dripping from the pan.

First Known Use of DRIPPING

15th century

Rhymes with DRIPPING

clipping, lipping, nipping, ripping, shipping, whipping

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