noun
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 .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be dripping with sth
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As usual Ms. Vanderwegh arrived dripping with jewels.
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Mulroy's voice was dripping with sarcasm.
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My coat was dripping with snow.
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The flatboat was dripping with blood.
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The hand that held the gun was dripping with sweat, the metal feeling hot and slick.
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Today New York's catwalks are dripping with pelts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was always the same - bread and dripping or, when the bread was very old, blackish toast and dripping.
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She had just finished her breakfast of dripping and bread and a piece of cold bacon when Ben came into the room.