I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dripping tap
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I could hear a dripping tap.
a tap is dripping (= drops of water are coming out of it )
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If the tap is dripping, change the washer.
be dripping with sweat
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After two hours' climbing, their bodies were dripping with sweat.
dripping wet (= so wet that water is dripping off )
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She was dripping wet.
dripping with gold (= wearing a lot of gold )
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She came to the party dripping with gold .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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The two of them looked at it, as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum.
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The plant it was made from sprang up first when Prometheus' blood dripped down upon the earth.
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The paint was still wet and dripping down .
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He stood now with the sponge dripping down his side.
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There, dripping down the wall ...?
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Blue flames were running up and down the wires, and blobs of melted plastic insulation were dripping down.
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The rain dripped down his neck.
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They have mud in their eyes, on their stomachs, dripping down their thighs.
off
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The rain dripped off his hat.
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The rain poured down, soaking their hair, seeping into their collars, dripping off their chins as they kissed.
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Water dripped off her hands, too, and her severe black bathing dress.
on
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Water dripped on to the towel, and the cold wet flannel soothed the ache.
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Droplets of blood ran over his fingers and dripped on to the floor.
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Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table.
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Each is protected by a layer of zinc, which drips on to the ground when it rains.
■ NOUN
blood
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The two of them looked at it, as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum.
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The man did as he was told, the blood dripping on the paper.
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The plant it was made from sprang up first when Prometheus' blood dripped down upon the earth.
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Peter spread his knees and allowed the blood to drip between his legs and stain the stair carpet.
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My blood dripped on the ring floor and turned instantly black, merging with the modern art collage of other stains.
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In one, blood was seen dripping through the ceiling from a murder victim on to another woman.
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I pressed harder and felt the knife puncturing something inside me; hot blood began to drip between my legs.
rain
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The rain dripped off his hat.
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As Hostetler spoke, rain was dripping out of the ceiling.
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The rain dripped down his neck.
sweat
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Behind the long black sweep of counter Sergeant Camb sat fanning himself with a newspaper, the sweat dripping down his forehead.
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Dark stains grew up from my waist, and I could feel sweat dripping around my concealed derringer.
water
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For new floorboards in the hall in a corner where water had dripped from a leaky pipe.
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Firehoses snaked through the lobby and up the stairs to the balcony, and water dripped through the ceiling.
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Thérèse held it for her, burning her fingers even as the icy water dripped over them.
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And yet inside, despite the saturated carpet and water still dripping from the ceiling, business was proceeding.
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The water dripped steadily from his anorak to make a puddle on the floor.
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Where the water dripped on to my dirt floor, I scraped a trench with my pocket knife to let it drain out.
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A row of darker rectangles indicated smaller cells along one side. Water dripped somewhere.
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You can hear the sound of water dripping in the pail and the sound of the washcloth on skin.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The blood was still dripping from the cut on his lip.
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The faucet's dripping again - you'd better call the plumber.
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Wax from the candle dripped on the tablecloth.
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We stood under a tree, with rain dripping onto our heads.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He ignored the icicles too, a whole row of glistening two-and three-footers dripping from a pipe.
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Sweat dripped down the sides of his head and chest.
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Thérèse held it for her, burning her fingers even as the icy water dripped over them.
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The rain dripped down his neck.
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The two of them looked at it, as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
catch
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The children are fighting under the tank, catching drips like diamonds in their grubby hands.
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Set pie on upper oven rack and put a baking sheet on shelf below to catch any drips .
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Then use anything - mugs - egg-cups - put them on a tray to catch the drips .
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Place the muffin pan on a baking sheet to catch the drips .
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Put a baking sheet under the muffin pan to catch the drips .
put
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She was put on an intravenous drip in a treatment room and left alone with Allitt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Before painting, lay a cloth on the floor to catch any drips.
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Everything was quiet except for the drip of rain from the roof.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A drip to be adjusted here, a vein to be found there, the floor to be constantly scrubbed.
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A steady drip of blood was forming a pool on the floor.
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As I settled the man on to a pallet and helped the Sister fasten the glucose drip , I felt less uncomfortable.
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Place the muffin pan on a baking sheet to catch the drips.
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The dead silence was broken only by a regular drip , drip, drip.
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The man with the bright eyes needed a saline drip .