drip vs storm

drip

verb
  • To whine or complain consistently; to grumble. 

  • To have a superabundance of valuable things. 

  • To rain lightly. 

  • To be wet, to be soaked. 

  • To fall one drop at a time. 

  • To leak slowly. 

  • To let fall in drops. 

noun
  • A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person. 

  • Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing. 

  • A drop of a liquid. 

  • A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping. 

  • A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing. 

  • An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream. 

  • That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater. 

storm

verb
  • (figurative) To rage or fume; to be in a violent temper. 

  • [army; crowd, rioters] To assault (a significant building) with the aim to gain power over it. 

  • To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger. 

  • (rare, poetic) to assault, gain power over (heart, mind+). 

  • (weather it) To be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow. 

noun
  • A thunderstorm. 

  • Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather. 

  • A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position. 

  • A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak. 

  • A very strong wind on the wind scale, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale). 

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