drip

drip
1. intransitive verb,
-pp-
1) tropfen; (overflow in drops) triefen

be dripping with moisture — triefend nass sein

2) (fig.)

be dripping with — überladen sein mit [Schmuck]; triefen von od. vor [Ironie, Sentimentalität usw.]

2. transitive verb,
-pp- tropfen lassen
3. noun
1) Tropfen, das
2) (Med.) Tropfinfusion, die

the patient was on a drip — der Patient hing am Tropf

3) (coll.): (feeble person) Schlappschwanz, der (salopp abwertend)
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[drip] 1. past tense, past participle - dripped; verb
(to (cause to) fall in single drops: Rain dripped off the roof; His hand was dripping blood.) (herunter)tropfen
2. noun
1) (a small quantity (of liquid) falling in drops: A drip of water ran down the tap.) Tröpfchen (pl.)
2) (the noise made by dripping: I can hear a drip somewhere.) das Tröpfeln
3) (an apparatus for passing a liquid slowly and continuously into a vein of the body.) der Tropf
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- drip-dry 3. verb
(to dry in this manner.) trocknen
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drip
[drɪp]
I. vi
<-pp->
(continually) tropfen; (in individual drops) tröpfeln
II. vt
<-pp->
to \drip sth etw [herunter]tropfen lassen
to \drip blood Blut verlieren
III. n
1. no pl (act of dripping) Tropfen nt; of rain Tröpfeln nt
2. (drop) Tropfen m
3. MED Tropf m
to be on a \drip am Tropf hängen, eine Infusion bekommen
4. (pej sl: foolish person) Flasche f pej fam, Null f pej fam
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[drɪp]
1. vi
(water, tap) tropfen

to be dripping with sweat — schweißüberströmt or schweißgebadet sein

to be dripping with blood — vor Blut triefen

sweat was dripping off his forehead — der Schweiß triefte ihm von der Stirn

the walls were dripping with water — die Wände waren triefnass

his voice was dripping with sarcasm — seine Stimme triefte nur so vor or von Sarkasmus

or jewelry (US) — sie strotzte nur so von Schmuck

2. vt
liquid träufeln, tropfen

he was dripping water/blood all over the carpet — Wasser/sein Blut tropfte überall auf den Teppich

his clothes were dripping water all over the carpet —

careful, you're dripping paint on my coat — pass auf, die Farbe tropft mir auf den Mantel!

3. n
1) (= sound of water, rain, tap) Tropfen nt
2) (= drop) Tropfen m
3) (MED) Infusionsapparat m, Tropf m (inf)

to be on a drip — eine Infusion bekommen, am Tropf hängen (inf)

4) (inf person) Waschlappen m (inf)
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drip [drıp]
A v/t prät und pperf dripped, US auch dript [drıpt]
1. (herab)tröpfeln oder (-)tropfen lassen:
his hand was dripping blood von seiner Hand tropfte (das) Blut
2. he was dripping sweat er triefte von oder vor Schweiß
B v/i
1. triefen (with von, vor dat) (auch fig):
he was dripping with sweat;
the play drips with sentimentality
2. (herab)tröpfeln, (-)tropfen (beide:
from von):
the tap is dripping der Hahn tropft
C s
1. dripping A 1, A 2
2. ARCH Trauf-, Kranzleiste f
3. TECH
a) Tropfrohr n
b) Tropfenfänger m
4. MED
a) Tropf m:
be on a drip am Tropf hängen;
put sb on a drip jemandem einen Tropf anlegen
b) Tropfinfusion f
5. umg
a) Nulpe f pej
b) Schlappschwanz m pej
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1. intransitive verb,
-pp-
1) tropfen; (overflow in drops) triefen

be dripping with moisture — triefend nass sein

2) (fig.)

be dripping with — überladen sein mit [Schmuck]; triefen von od. vor [Ironie, Sentimentalität usw.]

2. transitive verb,
-pp- tropfen lassen
3. noun
1) Tropfen, das
2) (Med.) Tropfinfusion, die

the patient was on a drip — der Patient hing am Tropf

3) (coll.): (feeble person) Schlappschwanz, der (salopp abwertend)
* * *
v.
sickern v.
tröpfeln v.

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