as in flowed
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
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Recent Examples of dripped
The dress’s mermaid-esque skirt dripped in feathers all the way down.
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Also featured on the summer menu will be a new Unicorn Cake Pop, featuring vanilla cake mixed with confetti sprinkles, dripped in white chocolate icing and decorated with a unicorn face.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Sections lower in the nozzle that were not cooled began to overheat and sag while molten plastic dripped from the engine outlet.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
As drops dripped from a clay oven, Garnica and her siblings listened to stories told by their parents while neighbors arrived by horse to get a taste of a drink known for its smoky flavor.
—Claudia Rosel, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Eight videos at 15 minutes each is two hours of content, dripped out to new email subscribers over a week.
—Daren Smith, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
Bristowe shared a video of herself in a post-op bra with drains attached, as fluid dripped through tubes.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Pok took a moment to finger-comb out his shoulder-length locs; water dripped onto his thighs and the edge of his bed.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
And no one actually wanted scalding oil dripped onto them from above at a NYE party.
—Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Also featured on the summer menu will be a new Unicorn Cake Pop, featuring vanilla cake mixed with confetti sprinkles, dripped in white chocolate icing and decorated with a unicorn face.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Sections lower in the nozzle that were not cooled began to overheat and sag while molten plastic dripped from the engine outlet.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
As drops dripped from a clay oven, Garnica and her siblings listened to stories told by their parents while neighbors arrived by horse to get a taste of a drink known for its smoky flavor.
—Claudia Rosel, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Eight videos at 15 minutes each is two hours of content, dripped out to new email subscribers over a week.
—Daren Smith, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
Bristowe shared a video of herself in a post-op bra with drains attached, as fluid dripped through tubes.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Pok took a moment to finger-comb out his shoulder-length locs; water dripped onto his thighs and the edge of his bed.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
And no one actually wanted scalding oil dripped onto them from above at a NYE party.
—Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dripped
Verb
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Canapés and beverages flowed in abundance.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 June 2026
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The streams occasionally flowed together in a single, mighty river.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Verb
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The Supreme Court then poured fuel on that fire and with a vengeance, while people are literally casting their votes.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
14 June 2026
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Widmaier has poured wine for the roughly 300 event attendees since its inaugural year in 2023.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Cubes of French bread are drizzled with butter, generously sprinkled with Swiss and Parmesan cheeses, and soaked with a luscious custard.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
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Its Caffe Nico is a latte with orange juice and orange peels reduced into a syrup, then sprinkled with cinnamon.—
Jenna Thompson
June 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Since the start of July, Tucker has hit just one home run while his season OPS has dropped 104 points.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Swifties are no strangers to Easter eggs, and Taylor Swift might have just dropped some huge ones in her New Heights podcast appearance.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And now, the trend has trickled down to bakeries across the country, including Orange County.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Inheriting a runner on first, Grothues’ first pitch trickled behind the catcher Dugger and Kashimoto advanced to second.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
1 June 2026
Verb
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As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a single phrase.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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The bourbon and rye in the bottles are distilled at MGP in Indiana, the source for so many other whiskey brands, aged for at least two years, and then given a secondary maturation—the bourbon is finished in sherry casks, the rye in port barrels.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 June 2026
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“Dripped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dripped. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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