Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass.
- noun Liquid medicine administered in drops.
- noun A small quantity of a substance.
- noun Informal An alcoholic drink.
- noun A trace or hint.
- noun Something, such as an earring, shaped or hanging like a drop.
- noun A small globular piece of hard candy.
- noun The act of falling; descent.
- noun A swift decline or decrease, as in quality, quantity, or intensity.
- noun The vertical distance from a higher to a lower level.
- noun The distance through which something falls or drops.
- noun A sheer incline, such as the face of a cliff.
- noun A descent or delivery of something by parachute.
- noun Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.
- noun Something, such as a trapdoor on a gallows, that is arranged to fall or be lowered.
- noun A drop curtain.
- noun A slot through which something is deposited in a receptacle.
- noun A central place or establishment where something, such as mail, is brought and subsequently distributed.
- noun A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.
- noun The act of depositing such communications or materials.
- noun Electronics A connection made available for an input or output unit on a transmission line.
- intransitive verb To fall in drops.
- intransitive verb To fall from a higher to a lower place or position.
- intransitive verb To become less, as in number, intensity, or volume.
- intransitive verb To move or descend from one height or level to another.
- intransitive verb To fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.
- intransitive verb To pass or slip into a specified state or condition.
- intransitive verb Sports To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
- intransitive verb To let fall by releasing hold of.
- intransitive verb To let fall in drops.
- intransitive verb To cause to become less; reduce.
- intransitive verb To cause to fall, as by hitting or shooting.
- intransitive verb Sports To hurl or strike (a ball) into a basket or hole.
- intransitive verb To give birth to. Used of animals.
- intransitive verb To say or offer casually.
- intransitive verb To write at one's leisure.
- intransitive verb To cease consideration or treatment of.
- intransitive verb To terminate an association or a relationship with.
- intransitive verb To leave unfinished.
- intransitive verb To leave out (a letter, for example) in speaking or writing.
- intransitive verb To leave or set down at a particular place; unload.
- intransitive verb Informal To spend, especially lavishly or rashly.
- intransitive verb To airdrop (supplies, for example).
- intransitive verb To lower the level of (the voice).
- intransitive verb To lose (a game or contest, for example).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To go to sleep naturally we must learn how to drop all the tension of the day and literally _drop_ to sleep like a baby.
Nerves and Common Sense Annie Payson Call 1896
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Apparently because the typical rain drop is the same size as a radio wave in the 12 GHZ or DISH Network signal.
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You could have heard a pin drop from the silence from scottd after being drop-kicked by post #28, Cantvotewell's ACTUAL VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITING ILLEGAL ALIENS from drawing from the economically corrupt, pyramid based, transfer payment ponzi scheme known as Social Security.
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Thus, the put player profits if shares in the name drop 11.7% from the current price of $9.90 to breach the effective breakeven point on the spread at $8.74 by expiration day next month.
Forbes.com: News Caitlin Duffy 2011
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For those who are new to the term drop shipping, drop shipping is a supply chain management technique in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer or a wholesaler, who then ships the goods directly to the customer.
Digital Point Forums 2009
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The one the guards took, before they were… before they… she let the phrase drop.
The God Hater Bill Myers 2010
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But the Nokia 2110 which I also still have is what I call drop-dead-simple!
The times they are a-changing Helen Keegan 2006
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Brewer: I threw an overhand curve ball, what we called a drop ball.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Brewer: I threw an overhand curve ball, what we called a drop ball.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Brewer: I threw an overhand curve ball, what we called a drop ball.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Bischoff explains that there’s a loophole in marketing schemes that makes them susceptible to bank drops—a dark web term that refers to using bank accounts with stolen or fraudulent credentials for money laundering.
There’s a thriving black market for selfies with passports The A.V. Club 2022
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There’s often a quick “pop drop,” which might be described as an EDM drop that’s been watered down for casual consumption.
bilby commented on the word drop
Nigerian English - 1. A taxi journey e.g Oga, na fifty Naira per drop. 2. To alight from a bus. 3. Pay up 4. Monetary bribe.
September 17, 2008
alexz commented on the word drop
in mountain biking, it's a drop off in a trail as a technical feature.
January 12, 2013
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January 13, 2013
hugovk commented on the word drop
drop, n.
The Guardian, 16 March 2018:
August 3, 2018