dreep

• dreap

From Scots dreep.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɹiːp/

dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreeping, simple past and past participle dreeped)

1. (Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 77:

     If ye could not do the next jump ye just dreeped down and ran along the ground and up the next one.

• prede

Old English drēopan.

• IPA^(key): /drip/

dreep (third-person singular present dreeps, present participle dreepin, past dreepit, past participle dreepit)

1. to drip
2. to drain, strain (food etc.)
3. to soak
4. to drop (oneself) down from a height