'Drip' is from Middle English DRIPPEN (intransitive verb, to drip), cognate with Middle Danish DRIPPE noun; <*dryppa, from Proto-Germanic *DRUPÔ. Please see 'drop'.
means 'Absolutely not; means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; means 'Very dubious'; means 'Questionable'; means 'Possible'; means 'Probable'; means 'Likely'; means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; means 'Attested'; means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.
Andrew H. Gray 13:07, 3 October 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)
I've seen it used recently (uncountably, apparently) to mean something like "style", although I don't use it this way myself though so I can't confirm this, but this definition seems missing. --Mocha2007 (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
1. injection of a therapeutic fluid such as blood, plasma, saline, or glucose directly into a vein at an adjustable rate from a plastic bag hung above a patient on a stand They put her on a drip feed 2. the therapeutic fluid used in a drip feed Add antibiotic to the drip feed. 3. the equipment used to administer a drip feed (informal)