Drip
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Drip may refer to:
DRIP may refer to:
- Dripping liquid
- Intravenous drip, in health and medicine
- Murphy dripMurphy dripA Murphy drip is a rectal infusion apparatus to administer the medical procedure of proctoclysis, also known as rectoclysis. During the procedure, an end of the Murphy drip is inserted into the rectum and large quantities of liquid are infused into the rectum drop-by-drop...
, in proctoclysis - Drip gas, natural gas condensate
- Drip irrigationDrip irrigationDrip irrigation, also known as trickle irrigation or microirrigation or localized irrigation , is an irrigation method which saves water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone, through a network of valves,...
, in agriculture and gardening - Drip paintingDrip paintingDrip painting is a form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas. This style of action painting was experimented with in the first half of the twentieth century by such artists as Francis Picabia, and Max Ernst, who employed drip painting in his works The Bewildered...
, an art style of dripping paint across a canvas - Drip emailEmailElectronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
(campaign), the process of automatically sending planned, scheduled emails to contacts or prospects - Drip, an old-fashioned mild pejorativePejorativePejoratives , including name slurs, are words or grammatical forms that connote negativity and express contempt or distaste. A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social groups but not in others, e.g., hacker is a term used for computer criminals as well as quick and clever computer experts...
for someone exceptionally eccentric or lacking in social skills - Post-nasal dripPost-nasal dripPost-nasal drip , also known as Upper Airway Cough Syndrome , occurs when excessive mucus is produced by the nasal mucosa. The excess mucus accumulates in the throat or back of the nose...
, excessive mucus produced by the sinuses - FluidFluidIn physics, a fluid is a substance that continually deforms under an applied shear stress. Fluids are a subset of the phases of matter and include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids....
descending from the nose cavity into the throat, for example after cocaine insufflationInsufflationIn religious and magical practice, insufflation and exsufflation are ritual acts of blowing, breathing, hissing, or puffing that signify variously expulsion or renunciation of evil or of the devil , or infilling or blessing with good .In historical Christian practice, such blowing appears most... - Lithospheric dripLithospheric dripA lithospheric drip is a geological phenomenon in which a heavy rock formation sinks in a lighter rock formation, the latter having been made plastic by high temperature and pressure. A long trail is left behind the heavy material, like honey dripping off a spoon...
, in geology
Entertainment
- Drip, the sin of Lust, a character in Jack (webcomic)
- Drip (band)Drip (band)Drip is a trip hop band from Manila. With an EP independently released in August 2003 and constant live performances, Drip's cult status grew with Manila's musical cognoscenti. Currently, Drip is signed to Terno Recordings...
, a Filipino trip hop band - "Drips", a song by Eminem and Obie Trice from the album The Eminem ShowThe Eminem ShowThe Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Eminem, released in 2002. It was the best-selling album of 2002 in the United States, with sales of 7.6 million copies. At the Grammy Awards of 2003 it was nominated for Album of the Year and became Eminem's third LP in four years to...
- The DripsThe dripsThe Drips is a punk rock band from Los Angeles, currently signed to White Drugs/Wichita Recordings.- History :A side-project of members of various other bands, The Drips are Matt Caughthran and Joby J. Ford, both from The Bronx, Tony Bevilaqua from The Distillers, David Hidalgo, Jr...
, an American punk band - "Drip" a TV ident for BBC TwoBBC TwoBBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
used in the 2001-2007 ident series (BBC Two 'Personality' identsBBC Two 'Personality' identsThe Personality Idents were a set of idents used on BBC Two between 19 November 2001 and 18 February 2007. The idents were produced by the Lambie-Nairn branding agency, who had created the previous look...
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DRIP may refer to:
- DRiP, Dividend reinvestment plan, in finance
- DRIP, an alternate name for the MesomycetozoeaMesomycetozoeaThe Mesomycetozoea are a small group of protists, mostly parasites of fish and other animals.-Significance:...
in protozoology - DRIP, one of the MARIDMARIDMARID was an IETF working group in the applications area tasked to propose standards for E-mail authentication in 2004.The name is an acronym of MTA Authorization Records In DNS.- Background :Lightweight MTA Authentication Protocol...
protocol proposals in computing - DRIP, Differentiate Reminder Inform Persuade, in marketing
- DRIPMediator (coactivator)Mediator is a multiprotein complex that functions as a transcriptional coactivator. It was discovered by Roger D. Kornberg, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
, Vitamin D Receptor Interacting Protein - Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesDeclaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesThe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during its 62nd session at UN Headquarters in New York City on 13 September 2007....
See also
- Drip brewDrip brewDrip brewing, or filtered coffee, is a method for brewing coffee which involves pouring water over roasted, ground coffee beans contained in a filter. Water seeps through the coffee, absorbing its oils and essences, solely under gravity, then passes through the bottom of the filter...
, a coffee brewing method- Drip-O-latorDrip-O-latorA Drip-O-lator is a patented coffee pot for making drip coffee. Drip-O-lators were patented in 1921 and in 1930 and manufactured in Massillon, Ohio, or Macon, Georgia, U. S. A..-Collectible pottery:...
, a drip brew coffee pot
- Drip-O-lator
- Drip dickeyDrip dickeyA drip dickey is a trademarked brand name of a wine accessory that fits snugly around the neck of a wine bottle for the purpose of absorbing wine that would normally travel the length of the wine bottle, staining the surfaces it comes into contact with such as linens or a counter top...
, a wine accessory - Drip line (disambiguation)
- Drip pan, in an oven
- DripetruaDripetruaDripetrua was the queen of Laodice and the daughter of Mithridates VI of Pontus.She was born with a double row of teeth, with a resulting facial deformity. She stayed at her father's side despite his defeat by Pompey the Great in the Third Mithridatic War of 75 BC to 65 BC....
- Dripping Springs (disambiguation)
- DripseyDripseyDripsey is a village in County Cork on the R618 regional road. It is situated on a tributary of the River Lee, the Dripsey River. It is in the Catholic parish of Inniscarra. Other areas in this parish are Berrings, Cloghroe, Tower and Mathey...
- DripstickDripstickA dripstick is a thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels. To read a dripstick, it is withdrawn from the lower surface of the wing. When the top of the dripstick is withdrawn below the level of the fuel, fuel enters the...
- Dripstone (disambiguation)
- DriptorchDriptorchA driptorch is a tool used in wildfire suppression, controlled burning, and other forestry applications to intentionally ignite fires.The driptorch consists of a canister for holding fuel with a handle attached to the side, a spout with a loop to prevent fire from entering the fuel canister, a...
, a tool used in firefighting and forestry - Drop (disambiguation)
- LeakLeakA leak is a hole or other opening, usually unintended and therefore undesired, in a container or fluid-containing system, such as a tank or a ship's hull, through which the contents of the container can escape or outside matter can enter the container...