[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to let drops fall; shed drops:This faucet drips.", "to fall in drops, as a liquid.Synonyms: drizzle , sprinkle , leak , dribble , trickle"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to let fall in drops."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act of dripping.", "liquid that drips.", "the sound made by falling drops:the irritating drip of a faucet.", "Slang.an unattractive, boring, or colorless person.", "(in house painting) the accumulation of solidified drops of paint at the bottom of a painted surface.", "Architecture, Building Trades.any device, as a molding, for shedding rainwater to keep it from running down a wall, falling onto the sill of an opening, etc.", "a pipe for draining off condensed steam from a radiator, heat exchanger, etc.", "Medicine/Medical. intravenous drip intravenous drip.", "Slang.maudlin sentimentality."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["dividend reinvestment plan:a program under which investors opt to have their dividends automatically applied to the purchase of more shares in the company, increasing their investment while avoiding commission charges."]}]