drip-dry

Definition of Drip-dry in English :

1. drip-dry

dry by hanging up wet

2. drip-dry, wash-and-wear

treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing

Example Sentences:
'a wash-and-wear shirt'

3. drip-dry, permanent-press

used of fabrics that do not require ironing

Example Sentences:
'drip-dry shirts for travel'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drip-dry

adjective

1.

designating clothing or a fabric that will dry relatively free of creases if hung up when wet

verb -dries, -drying or -dried

2.

to dry or become dry thus

adjective

1.

designating or of fabrics or garments that dry quickly when hung soaking wet and require little or no ironing

verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈdrip-ˌdried or ˈdrip-ˌdrying

2.

to launder as a drip-dry fabric does

adj.

Made of a fabric that will not wrinkle when hung dripping wet for drying.

intr.v. drip-dried, drip-dry·ing, drip-dries

To dry with no wrinkles when hung dripping wet.