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Webster 1913 Edition


Dripping

Drip′ping

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Noun.
1.
A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
2.
That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
Dripping pan
,
a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dripping

DRIPPING

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ppr.
Falling or letting fall in drops.

DRIPPING

,
Noun.
The fat which falls from meat in roasting; that which falls in drops.

Definition 2024


dripping

dripping

English

Noun

dripping (countable and uncountable, plural drippings)

  1. Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
    • 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":
      They were pleased because he was not above drinking a cup of tea with them, and when the dawn came and they were still waiting they offered him a slice of bread and dripping; he was not squeamish and could eat most things now with a good appetite.
  2. The sound or action of something that drips.
    Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.

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Verb

dripping

  1. present participle of drip