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dripping wet

dripping wet adjective: extremely wet; soaking wet.

Adjective

dripping wet (not comparable)

  1. Extremely wet; soaking wet.
  2. (informal) As a maximum; at most.

Questions about dripping wet

What does dripping wet mean?
Dripping wet means extremely wet; soaking wet.
What part of speech is dripping wet?
Dripping wet is an adjective.

Words near dripping wet in the dictionary

  1. dripping pan
  2. dripping pans
  3. dripping point
  4. dripping points
  5. dripping water hollows a stone
  6. dripping wet
  7. drippingly
  8. drippings
  9. dripple
  10. drippled
  11. dripples

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