drippage

1 8.1

Liquid that falls as small drops from a surface like a roof

noun
/ˈdrɪpɪdʒ/

: goteo

As I walked under the roof, I was surprised by the sudden drippage from the edge that soaked my shirt.

Examples

That's just some drippage.

Babes (2024)
Contamination can be spread from other environmental sources (e.g., contaminated cooling or cleaning waters, aerosols, dust, splash, drippage, back-siphonage), but typically these are minor sources compared with raw incoming foods and the bare hands of workers.

Academic text (2002)
The gardener placed a bucket under the drippage from the leaking faucet to collect water for the plants.
After the storm, there was a constant drippage from the eaves of the house that created small puddles below.

Synonyms

trickle

vsdrippage

51 3.5

A small slow flow of liquid that falls in drops

means drops released from surfaces, not a continuous thin stream

drip

vsdrippage

44 1.0

A small drop of liquid that falls, often one after another

refers to liquid in drops from a surface rather than one single drop

dripping

vsdrippage

1 1.0

A small drop of water that falls from something wet

is focused on drops released from a surface like a roof edge

How Much Drip

leak

290 1.0

to sprinkle

100 1.1

drippage

1 8.1

dribble

4 3.1

drip

44 1.0

Surface Forms

drippage singular

drippages plural

Morphology

drippage = drip (semi-transparent) = drip + age

The word is built from 'drip' + '-age', but the resulting noun is a somewhat specialized informal noun for dripping liquid rather than a fully predictable everyday derivation.

Etymology

Drippage comes from the simple verb drip (to 'fall in drops') plus the noun ending -age that shows an action or result. So, drippage means the water or liquid that falls in drops from a surface, like from a roof or gutter.