dripping
/ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
dripping is spelled D-R-I-P-P-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dripping means “Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dripping is drippings.
How many letters and syllables are in dripping?
| Letters | 8: D-R-I-P-P-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dripping?
Dripping appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dripping?
- /ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/
Dripping has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-dripping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dripping
- drippings plural
- more dripping comparative
- most dripping superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dripping mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
- 2
The sound or action of something that drips.
Lying in bed, I could hear drippings from the leaky roof.
- 3
The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.
adjective
- 1
very wet.
I am sure that the whole scene, with its dripping bamboo forest, every tree festooned with fern, orchid and creeper, filled him with disgust–all so different from the deserts and oases of his lost Bokhara.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of drip
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dripping in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dégoulinade, ruissellement |
| German | Bratenfett |
| Portuguese | chorume |
| Spanish | chorreo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.