drips

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  1. intransitive verb To fall in drops: Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.
  2. intransitive verb To shed drops: an umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.
  3. intransitive verb To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid: a speech that dripped with sarcasm.

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  • He stood stock still for about three water drips, then slowly turned around. —  AnalogSFF,May2008
  • Old towels come in handy for wiping up sticky drips, and finished bottles deserve a good wipe-down with a clean cloth before they're labeled. —  Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles
  • People were so perturbed by the drips, the flaky residue and the bowling pin-like bottles toppling over in their fridges that the company was receiving a ratio of 300 complaint letters to each positive one. —  Brandweek - News and Features
  • But it's a totally different thing when the word drips out of the mouth of shop worm comic Jackie Mason.
  • The winding flat banisters were occasionally draped with small towels absorbing drips, and in two places, a small amount of water was pooling on the banisters unattended. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
 

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