Certain coffee maker's sound (4)

I believe the answer is:

drip

(Other definitions for drip that I've seen before include "Slow leak" , "Ineffectual type" , "Trickle -- weakling" , "Means of intravenous feeding" , "Fall in droplets -- weedy person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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