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drips

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1 syllable
5 characters
English (US)
1syllable

drips

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, drips is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofdrips

1noun
  • A drop of a liquid.

    Example: "I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa."

  • A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
  • An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.

    Example: "He's not doing so well. The doctors have put him on a drip."

  • A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.

    Example: "He couldn't even summon up the courage to ask her name... what a drip!"

  • That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.

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