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drippy

drippy

1 9.9
Very fashionable and wearing expensive clothes or shiny jewelry
  • adjective
  • /ˈdrɪpi/
  • Slang
translation icon : elegante
  • She always wears the most drippy accessories that make her stand out in a crowd.

Examples

  • This is one of the drippiest men on the planet.

  • Jocelyn, introducing the most drippy drip is like a term that means that, like, It's like a swag term.

  • That blue jersey you had all drippy with embroidery?

    The Women (1939)

  • One whose cover is full of lurid imagery and a bold, drippy title.

    Blog text (1)

  • Van Dyke is also definitely, definitely the drippiest centre back with you see when he walks into trading.

  • Wow, a slip, a shrink slip, and what an image! She couldn't imagine the doctor wearing anything but her drippy skirts and boots and... amazing flared pants.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • There were villains locked away for 12 years for robbing a bank of 10 grand, doing time with drippy hippies doing 12 months for smuggling two million quid's worth of puff.

    Layer Cake (2004)

  • How bad will it have to get before this bottom 85% chucks out the worthless of the drippy liberal politically pathetic do-gooders, and chucks out the DLC-ish sellouts?

    Blog text (23)

  • His outfit was so drippy that everyone complimented his style.

  • At the party, his drippy sneakers caught everyone’s attention.

Synonyms

dripping
vsdrippy
  • Slang
1 8.9

Very fashionable because of expensive clothes or jewelry

is stylish generally, focusing on overall look rather than showy richness

Antonyms

drab
23 4.2

Not bright or colorful and not lively

unfashionable
8 3.7

Few people wear it now because it is not in style

How Stylish

drippy
  • Slang
1 9.9
stylish
85 2.0
trendy
64 3.1
fashionable
85 2.6

Surface Forms

drippy positive

Morphology

drippy = drip (semi-transparent) = drip + y

Derived from the recent slang noun 'drip' (stylishness) with the productive adjectival '-y'; learners unfamiliar with the slang base will not be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

The slang use of drippy comes from the modern word drip used in music and fashion, where people say someone 'drips' with jewellery or style. So drippy means very fashionable or stylish, as if a person's clothes or accessories 'drip' with coolness.