DRIPS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

drips 1 of 2

noun

plural of drip

as in bores

someone or something boring he's well-meaning, but kind of a drip

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as in beads

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

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drips

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of drip

as in flows

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 drips

Noun

For severe dehydration, IV drips are described as effective, but for mild cases most people can recover simply by drinking water. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 How in-suite IV drips work A licensed practitioner sets up an intravenous line in the guest’s room and administers a saline solution mixed with vitamins, minerals or other additives. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 Set casseroles, cakes, pies, meat, and other full dishes that have the potential to overflow on a sheet pan so any drips will be contained rather than spilling onto the racks and the oven floor. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026 Be sure to wash your feeder twice a week, both inside and out, and check for drips or leaks. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 Butter that melts and drips down the side of the dough while baking can impact the pastry’s ability to rise. — Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026 Tubman is all but indecipherable, roughly limned with white paint and covered by red, black, and yellow smudges and drips. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 After an overnight rest in the refrigerator, the dough is rolled, filled, sliced, and baked in muffin tins, whose individual cups catch any drips from the bubbling filling to create the signature crisp, sticky bottoms and dramatic spirals. — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026 Janet grabbed a roll of paper towels, ready to clean up the dirty drips that ran across her kitchen floor. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Verb

Massage tools now sit alongside health trackers and IV drips as one of the discretionary categories where younger consumers are outspending everyone else. — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The score drips with a sinister ostinato as the rats scurry into every corner of her castle. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026 One recurring image is from her first album cover, depicting her smiling face as blood drips down her forehead. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 6 July 2026 Brecka, who is not a doctor, put White on a regimen of supplements, cold plunges, IV drips, and red-light therapy that has left him feeling leaner, more energized, and no longer suffering from sleep apnea. — Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026 The beauty of Wembanyama’s performance lies not in the skill displayed, which still drips with novelty because of his height. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 19 May 2026 The real stars here are John Kander and Fred Ebb, who penned a score that drips with melodic aspiration and lyrical cynicism, and Bob Fosse, whose erotically muscular choreography is the perfect match. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 There’s Cassie licking a melting ice cream cone as the ice cream drips down her bare chest. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Apr. 2026 On the illustrious campus of Kingston College, prestige drips off students, faculty and architecture. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.

— MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.

— Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of bores

Noun

Decked out in regalia featuring feathers, jingles, beads and colorful fabrics, these dancers from across Californian and North American tribal communities did prayer ceremonies in the Shingle Springs Rancheria’s open-air dance circle.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Glue wooden blocks or beads to the corners underneath the circle opening.

— Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of beads

Verb

Rather than funding a single program, the donation from the Dimons flows into permanent endowments, which UNCF argues gives schools the freedom to plan for decades instead of scrambling to find donations year to year.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
This force flows from a populational logic that uses statistics and algorithms to distribute the state’s violence work.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of flows

Noun

On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into their creative writing class.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
With that indelible Southern gift for pulling new lingo from thin air, the duo deploy yawns that stretch like bungee over Zaytoven-type keys.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026

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Mykonos Vioma pours organic estate wines at its farm near Ano Mera, while Mikònu moved its taproom in 2026 to Mathios Taverna in Tourlos, where prickly-pear ale comes with dinner and a sea view.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Up the hillside there ever pours in reinforcements, clutching cans of beer and occasionally flags…There is something about it all of a children’s crusade, the young people look so innocent and take their pleasure so gravely.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pours

Verb

Florida is no longer a boom state as costs of living rise, 20-somethings leave and growth drops below 1%.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
As the crude layer drops below 300 million barrels, the SPR physically loses its ability to pump oil at rapid emergency speeds of around 4 million barrels per day.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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