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slang, hip-hop

drip

Meaning

  1. Stylish, expensive-looking clothing or accessories.
  2. The overall look or swagger of someone dressed that way.

“New chain, new fit. That’s drip.”

Where it came from

The term comes out of hip-hop, with Houston rapper Sauce Walka using it on his 2014 mixtape to mean looking like a winner. Its exact city of origin is disputed among rappers, but Cardi B’s 2018 song “Drip” carried it into the mainstream.

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