De Gustibus: drip-drip-drip , a drip

De Gustibus: Loving Coffee Without Being a Drip



de gustibus non est disputandum There is no disputing about tastes.

Gingrich Pushes to Show Nice-Guy Side

By MARK LEIBOVICH

Newt Gingrich is using niceness as a kind of last defense against a shelling of attack ads, opponents’ ridicule and a drip-drip-drip of tough news coverage.

dríp-drìp[dríp-drìp]

[名]（連続的な）したたり, 雨だれ.


drip
v., dripped, drip·ping, drips. v.intr.

1. To fall in drops: Water is dripping from that leaky faucet.
2. To shed drops: an umbrella that is dripping all over the floor.
3. To ooze or be saturated with or as if with liquid: a speech that dripped with sarcasm.

v.tr.
To let fall in or as if in drops: a brush dripping paint; a speech that dripped invective.

n.

1. The process of forming and falling in drops.
2. 1. Liquid or moisture that falls in drops.
   2. A slight intermittent flow or leak: fixed the drip in the faucet.
3. The sound made by liquid falling in drops: listened to the steady drip of the rain.
4. A projection on a cornice or sill from which rainwater can drip, protecting the wall below.
5. Slang. A tiresome or annoying person.

[Middle English drippen.]