The past tense of the word "drip" is "dripped". When a word ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, we often double the final consonant before adding "ed" to form the past tense. This is especially the case when the final syllable is stressed, as in 'admit' becoming 'admitted'. Just like how a water droplet falls from a leaf, it takes a beat and then it drops! Similarly, "drip" takes a beat and becomes "dripped" in the past tense. Ah, language - forever flowing and changing like a babbling brook in the forest of knowledge.
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