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drip

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of drip

1 someone or something boring

  • he's well-meaning, but kind of a drip
Synonyms of drip

bore, drag, droner, dullsville, nudnik (also nudnick), snooze, snoozer, yawn, yawner
Words Related to drip

bummer, downer

bromide, pill
Near Antonyms of drip

blast, gas [slang], kick, rush, upper

2 the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass

  • the faucet leaked one drip after another no matter what I did to try to fix it
Synonyms of drip

bead, blob, driblet, drop, droplet, glob, globule
Words Related to drip

gobbet

dewdrop, raindrop, tear, teardrop

spatter

dribble, trickle

drip

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of drip

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops

  • water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor
  • the cracked bottle dripped wine
Synonyms of drip

distill (also distil), dribble, drop, trickle
Words Related to drip

drizzle, sprinkle

flow, pour, roll, run, stream

cascade, gutter, riffle, ripple

bleed, exude, ooze, seep, weep

discharge
Near Antonyms of drip

gush, spout, spurt

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