[
US
/ˈdɹɪpˈdɹaɪ/
]
ADJECTIVE
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used of fabrics that do not require ironing
drip-dry shirts for travel -
treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing
a wash-and-wear shirt
VERB
- dry by hanging up wet
How To Use drip-dry In A Sentence
- Mine are thin nylon, easy to wash, drip-dry, non-iron, practical, cheap. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
- As Mr. Adams dons trail clothes—"shirt with dozens of pockets, drip-dry pants that zip off into shorts, floppy hat with a cord pulled tight under the chin"—he realizes, too late, that he looks as though he is trick-or-treating as Ernest Hemingway. In a Lost City, Finding Yourself
- If I were you, I'd hang that sweater on the line and let it drip-dry.
- In no time, he had the whole outfit draped over the shower curtain rod to drip-dry.
- Her postgrad colleagues stared at her from beneath their crackling nylon shirts, their drip-dry, ever-creased Crimplene trousers. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
- All eight pairs of underpants, four shirts, four string vests and three drip-dry slacks were burned to ash.
- Her postgrad colleagues stared at her from beneath their crackling nylon shirts, their drip-dry, ever-creased Crimplene trousers. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
- He was wearing baggy gray suit pants and a short-sleeved drip-dry shirt. TALES OF THE CITY
- One wonders what Jesus might say to these folk, gathered here in drip-dry short-sleeve shirts and pastel trousers, chatting amiably, sucking Tic Tacs, patiently awaiting Proof. The Fiddler in the Subway
- Although of divine origins, always wash your golden fleece in lukewarm water with mild detergent after use and drip-dry. Archive 2010-02-01
