drip painting WORD ORIGIN noun a technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor. Liberaldictionary.com Rashida Tlaib Backlash Raises the Question: Why Can't Women Swear? Can You Translate These Famous Phrases From Emoji? These Are the Longest Words in English These Are the Saddest Phrases in English Origin of drip painting First recorded in 1955–60 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019