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| dribble |
to drip or flow slowly in drops. [2/3 definitions] |
| drip |
A drip is the action of dripping. [1/3 definitions] |
| sniff |
When you sniff, you take in a short breath of air through your nose. Usually, you are trying not to let liquid drip from your nose. When you sniff, it makes a sound that you can hear and other people usually can hear it too. People often sniff when they have a cold or when they cry. [1/4 definitions] |
| thin |
When a liquid is thin, it is kind of like water. It is not thick. Some salad dressings are thin, for example. They come quickly out of the bottle and they drip quickly over the vegetables. Some dressings are thicker, though, and they come out more slowly and stick to the pieces of salad. [1/6 definitions] |
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