drip
n. uncountablen. a cool or stylish way of dressing. You use this to describe someone who has great fashion sense or expensive clothes.
n. a stylish, high-fashion appearance or personal aesthetic. Informal in register; frequently used in contemporary youth culture to denote sartorial excellence.
He walked into the party with serious drip.
The rapper's latest music video features a lot of designer drip, from diamond chains to custom sneakers.
While some critics dismiss the focus on drip as superficial, others argue that this emphasis on visual presentation is a vital form of self-expression in modern digital spaces.
From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).
From Middle English drippe, from the verb (see above). Compare West Frisian drip (“drip”), Dutch drup (“drip”), Danish dryp (“drip”). (style, swagger): Compare the verb sense "to have a superabundance of valuable things".
Acronym.
Typically used as an uncountable noun to describe a person's overall style or outfit.