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Bloop, bleep, bloop, bleep, bloop, bleep
The faucet keeps a-drippin' and I can't sleep

--Bloop Bleep (1947) by Frank Loesser

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  1. To fall one drop at a time.
    Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!
  2. To leak slowly.
    Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor?
  3. To put a small amount of a liquid on something, drop by drop.
    After putting oil on the side of the salad, the chef should drip a little vinegar in the oil.
  4. To have a superabundance of valuable things. Usually followed by "with".
    The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.
    The duchess was dripping with jewels.

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