English

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From drip +‎ -le (frequentative suffix) or a blend of drip +‎ dribble.

Verb

edit

dripple (third-person singular simple present dripples, present participle drippling, simple past and past participle drippled)

  1. (intransitive) to dribble briskly; to drip with wet

Etymology 2

edit

From drip +‎ -le. Compare dribble.

Adjective

edit

dripple (comparative more dripple, superlative most dripple)

  1. (obsolete) weak
  2. (obsolete) rare

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dripple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

edit