dripplev.
/ˈdrɪp(ə)l/ 1. intransitive. = dribble v. 3; but connoting a lighter and brisker motion.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > be dripping > saliva, water, sleet
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1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 106 The brook mourns drippling o'er its pebbly bed.
1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 59 Drippling springs romantic play.
2. = drip v. 3.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > drip or fall in drops [verb (intransitive)] > be dripping
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1822 Ld. Byron Werner iii. ii. 26 You who stood still Howling and drippling on the bank.
1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 245 Drippling like some River God, he slowly left the harbour.
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