DRIPPING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DRIPPING?

Need another word that means the same as “dripping”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “dripping” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dripping” are: drip, drippage, fat, oil, cooking oil, animal fat, soft and wet, mushy, squashy, pulpy, slushy, sloppy, squishy, oozy, doughy, soaking, sopping

Dripping as a Noun

Definitions of "Dripping" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dripping” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house.
• The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop.
• Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid.
• Fat that has melted and dripped from roasting meat, used in cooking or eaten cold as a spread.
• A projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway.
• Wax, fat, or other liquid produced from something by the effect of heat.

Synonyms of "Dripping" as a noun (6 Words)

animal fat	A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
cooking oil	The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
drip	A method of brewing coffee by dripping boiling water through a filter filled with ground coffee beans. We both drink aged Sumatra drip coffee.
drippage	A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house.
fat	The presence of excess fat in a person or animal. He was a tall man running to fat.
oil	Oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist. 400 birds were coated with oil which spilled out from an opened valve.

Usage Examples of "Dripping" as a noun

• The constant sound of dripping irritated him.
• Use the pan drippings to brush on the pork.
• Bread and dripping.

Dripping as an Adjective

Definitions of "Dripping" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dripping” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Very wet.

Synonyms of "Dripping" as an adjective (9 Words)

doughy	(of a person) pale and rather fat. A pasty doughy chubby white kid from the suburbs.
mushy	Having the consistency of mush. Mushy vegetables.
oozy	Leaking out slowly.
pulpy	Like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness. Simmer gently until the fruit is very soft and pulpy.
sloppy	Careless and unsystematic; excessively casual. She wore a sloppy sweater and jeans.
slushy	Being or resembling melting snow. Slushy snow.
soft and wet	Yielding readily to pressure or weight.
squashy	Easily crushed or squeezed into a different shape; having a soft consistency. A big squashy leather chair.
squishy	Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility. The road is a sluice of squishy mud.

Usage Examples of "Dripping" as an adjective

• Dripping wet hair.

Dripping as an Adverb

Definitions of "Dripping" as an adverb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dripping” as an adverb can have the following definitions:

• Extremely wet.

Synonyms of "Dripping" as an adverb (2 Words)

soaking	Extremely wet. Soaking wet.
sopping	Extremely wet.

Usage Examples of "Dripping" as an adverb

• Dripping wet.

Associations of "Dripping" (30 Words)

beck	A beckoning gesture.
cascade	Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. Separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes.
coffee	The shrub which yields coffee seeds native to the Old World tropics. A coffee pot.
disgorge	Pour (something) out. The wine is aged in the bottle before it is disgorged.
dive	A sudden marked fall in prices or profits. I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool.
dribble	(in soccer, hockey, and basketball) take (the ball) forwards past opponents with slight touches of the feet or the stick, or (in basketball) by continuous bouncing. He attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area.
drivel	Let saliva drivel from the mouth. Don t talk such drivel.
drop	An act of dropping supplies or troops by parachute. There was not a drop of water in sight.
fall	Go as if by falling. There is a fall of woodcock in the round wood above the dell.
filter	Remove by passing through a filter. An oil filter.
flow	The amount of fluid that flows in a given time. Ventilation channels keep the air flowing.
glen	A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains.
gorge	The crop of a hawk. They gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas.
immerse	Cause to be immersed. She immersed herself in her work.
percolator	A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.
plummet	Drop sharply. A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully.
plunge	Quickly immerse in liquid. The stock market plunged.
purl	Knit with a purl stitch. Knit one purl one.
ravine	A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water.
retch	Make the sound and movement of vomiting. With a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor.
saliva	A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches.
spew	Vomit. He felt faint and nauseous he had to get out before he spewed.
spill	A quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt. He was absolved from any blame for the oil spill.
submerse	Put under water. Pellets were then submersed in agar.
submersion	Sinking until covered completely with water. Five small islands threatened by submersion.
swallow	An amount of something swallowed in one action. The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter.
swimmer	A person who travels through the water by swimming. He is not a good swimmer.
trickle	A small flow of liquid. Philip trickled a line of sauce on his fish fingers.
urinate	Eliminate urine. The sick men urinated blood.
waterfall	A cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline. Each phase of a waterfall project must be complete prior to moving to the next phase.