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Definition of drippy adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    drippy

     adjective
    adjective
    NAmE//ˈdrɪpi//
     
    (drippier, drippiest) (informal)
     
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  1. 1(disapproving) too emotional in a silly way synonym sentimental (2) a drippy love story
  2. 2(old-fashioned) (disapproving) (of a person) boring, stupid, and weak her drippy boyfriend
  3. 3in a liquid state, and likely to fall in drops drippy paint a drippy nose (= with drops of liquid falling from it)
drippily
 
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NAmE//ˈdrɪpəli//
 
adverb
drippiness
 
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noun [uncountable]See drippy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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