Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dripping \Drip"ping\, n.
   1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.

   2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.

   {Dripping pan}, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from
      meat in roasting.

Source : WordNet®

dripping pan
     n : pan for catching drippings under roasting meat [syn: {drip
         pan}]