different between clammy vs dripping
clammy
English
Etymology
From Middle English clam (“viscous, sticky; slimy”) +? -y, from Old English cl?man (“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm (“clammy”) and klemmen (“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klæmi/
- Rhymes: -æmi
Adjective
clammy (comparative clammier, superlative clammiest)
- Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
- His hands were clammy from fright.
- (medicine) The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.
Derived terms
- clamminess
- unclammy
Translations
clammy From the web:
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dripping
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??p??/
- Rhymes: -?p??
Noun
dripping (countable and uncountable, plural drippings)
- Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
- The sound or action of something that drips.
- The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.
Derived terms
- dripping pan
Translations
Verb
dripping
- present participle of drip
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