# drip

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɹɪp/ · frequency rank #13,329

## Definitions
1. To fall one drop at a time.
2. To leak slowly.
3. To let fall in drops.
4. To have a superabundance of (something).
5. To rain lightly; to drizzle.
6. To be wet, to be soaked.
7. To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
8. Be impressive or attractive.

## Etymology
From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”),
Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).

## Easily confused with
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dry)
- **DUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dui)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dup)
- **DSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dsp)
- **DRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-drm)
- **Dru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dru)
- **DSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dsi)
- **DWP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dwp)
- **drop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-drop)
- **drug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-drug)
- **drum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-drum)
- **dump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-dump)
- **drive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-drive)
- **drops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-drops)
- **droid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-droid)
- **druid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drip-vs-druid)
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dr-vs-drip)
- **di** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/di-vs-drip)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dp-vs-drip)
- **did** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/did-vs-drip)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddrip`, `dirp`, `dripp`, `drpi`, `drrip`, `rdip`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/drip