Past tense of drip
regular verb
The past tense of drip is dripped. The past participle is also dripped.
Forms of drip
| Base form (V1) | drip /ˈdɹɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dripped |
| Past participle (V3) | dripped |
| Present participle | dripping /ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | drips |
Dripped in a sentence
- My broken pen dripped ink onto the table.
- Although Yultes' face was the perfect mask of neutrality, his tone dripped with contempt.2017, Claudie Arseneault, City of Strife, →ISBN
- Water dripped onto the tarpaulin with a drummy sound.From the entry drummy
- The leaky bucket dripped only one drop at a time, but by the time I got back to the house it was half empty.From the entry leaky
- Something dripped down my upper lip and into my mouth as a metallic taste hit my tongue.2016 04, Noa Gavin, Nick Scott, Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory: A Novel, Inkshares, →ISBN. From the entry crispito
Meaning of drip
- verb To fall one drop at a time.
- verb To leak slowly.
- verb To let fall in drops.
Questions about the past tense of drip
- What is the past tense of drip?
- The past tense of drip is dripped.
- What is the past participle of drip?
- The past participle of drip is dripped.
- Is drip a regular or irregular verb?
- Drip is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drip (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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