drip

drip
drip [{{t}}drɪp] (pt & pp dripped, cont dripping)
1 intransitive verb
(a) (liquid) tomber goutte à goutte, dégoutter;
the rain is dripping down my neck la pluie me dégouline dans le cou;
sweat dripped from his brow son front ruisselait de sueur;
I was dripping with sweat j'étais en nage;
her hands dripped with blood du sang dégoulinait de ses mains;
{{}}figurative{{}} she was dripping with diamonds elle était couverte de diamants;
{{}}figurative{{}} dripping with sentimentality dégoulinant de sentimentalité
(b) (tap) fuir, goutter; (nose) couler; (washing) s'égoutter; (walls) suinter; (hair, trees) dégoutter, ruisseler
2 transitive verb
laisser tomber goutte à goutte;
you're dripping coffee everywhere tu mets du café partout
3 noun
(a) (falling drops → from tap, gutter, ceiling) égouttement m, dégoulinement m;
the drip method of making coffee la méthode filtre de faire le café
(b) (sound → from trees, roofs) bruit m de l'eau qui goutte; (→ from tap) bruit m d'un robinet qui fuit ou goutte
(c) (drop) goutte f
(d) {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}pejorative{{}} (person) nouille f, lavette f
(e) {{}}Medicine{{}} (device) goutte-à-goutte m inv; (solution) perfusion f;
she's on a drip elle est sous perfusion
(f) {{}}Architecture{{}} larmier m
►► {{}}Marketing{{}} drip advertising publicité f continue, publicité f goutte à goutte;
drip mat dessous-de-verre m inv;
drip pan lèchefrite f;
drip tray lèchefrite f

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