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dripping

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verb

present participle of drip
as in flowing
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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Adjective
  • But that’s because there are a finite number of vegetable oils that provide the essential saturated and unsaturated fats that babies require.
    Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • Both tacos and sliders have the potential for containing excessive calories and saturated fats.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Imagine pouring syrup over a rock cake – all the lumps, all the bumps, will determine where the syrup goes and how fast.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In those first heady six months of his tenure, his unbridled ambition had the affection pouring from the terraces to the dugout.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Heat bursts against the yellow dish gloves as the barista’s life pours in a wet red rush over them.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • Like a number of our other bags, the duffel’s handles did stay wet for a while.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • When TikTok virality and playlist automation saturate listeners’ attention, artistic sameness threatens to rule the day—but independent artists on their own unique paths are still with us.
    Jenn Pelly, Time, 7 June 2025
  • Rain could aid firefighting efforts and saturate dry fuels, reducing their risk of igniting in the future.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • That grumpy team member might be dealing with a flooded basement or a teenager who just got their driver’s license (arguably worse than the flood).
    ByJulie Kantor, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • What needs to happen to turn the nightcrawler—the same banal creature found in gardens and on flooded sidewalks across the continent—into a valuable commodity? . . .
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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“Dripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dripping. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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