drop
/drɔp/
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Definition
Noun:
- A small quantity of liquid: A very small amount of a liquid, typically spherical in shape due to surface tension.
- A fall or descent: The act of falling or the distance something falls.
- A decrease or reduction: A sudden or noticeable decline in amount, level, or value.
- A delivery point: A designated place for leaving or collecting something, often secretly or illicitly.
- A steep slope: A vertical or nearly vertical descent, such as a cliff.
Verb:
- To fall or let fall: To move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, or to cause something to do so.
- To decrease or become less: To decline in amount, intensity, or value.
- To stop or discontinue: To cease doing, including, or pursuing something.
- To leave or deliver: To leave something or someone at a particular place.
- To utter casually: To say something in a casual or incidental manner.
Examples
Noun:
- A single drop of water fell from the leaky faucet.
- There was a significant drop in temperature overnight.
- The spy left the documents at the designated drop.
Verb:
- Be careful not to drop the glass.
- Stock prices began to drop after the announcement.
- He decided to drop the course because it was too difficult.
- Can you drop me off at the station?
- She dropped a hint about the surprise party.
Advanced Usage
"Drop a line": To write a short letter or message to someone.
- Drop me a line when you get to your destination.
"Drop the ball": To make a mistake or fail to do something important.
- The manager really dropped the ball on that client account.
"Drop in the bucket": A very small or insignificant amount compared to what is needed.
- Our donation was just a drop in the bucket for such a large charity.
Variants and Related Words
Droplet (n): A very small drop of liquid.
- Droplets of rain covered the window.
Drop-off (n): A steep decline; or the act of leaving someone or something somewhere.
- The trail has a dangerous drop-off.
- The morning drop-off at school is always busy.
Dropper (n): A device for dispensing liquid in drops.
- Use the medicine dropper to give the baby one milliliter.
Synonyms
- Noun: bead, drip, decline, fall, decrease.
- Verb: fall, descend, lower, decrease, abandon, quit.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Drop by / Drop in: To visit someone informally and usually without an appointment.
- Feel free to drop by anytime you're in the neighborhood.
Drop out: To leave a school, program, or activity before finishing.
- He had to drop out of college to support his family.
Drop off: To fall asleep; or to deliver someone or something.
- The baby finally dropped off to sleep.
- I'll drop off the package at the post office.
Related Idioms
At the drop of a hat: Immediately and without any hesitation.
- He's always ready to help at the drop of a hat.
A drop in the ocean: See "drop in the bucket" under Advanced Usage.
Noun
- the act of dropping something
- they expected the drop would be successful
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- a steep high face of rock
- he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town
- a steep drop
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index
- there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery
- a dip in prices
- when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- he had a drop too much to drink
- a drop of each sample was analyzed
- there is not a drop of pity in that man
- years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet--Kipling
- a shape that is spherical and small
- he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
- beads of sweat on his forehead
Verb
- give birth; used for animals
- The cow dropped her calf this morning
- grow worse
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- shop til you drop
- change from one level to another
- She dropped into army jargon
- leave undone or leave out
- How could I miss that typo?
- The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- She dropped acid when she was a teenager
- get rid of
- he shed his image as a pushy boss
- shed your clothes
- let or cause to fall in drops
- dribble oil into the mixture
- stop associating with
- They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
- hang freely
- the ornaments dangled from the tree
- The light dropped from the ceiling
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- pay out
- spend money
- lose (a game)
- The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- strike down a tree
- Lightning struck down the hikers
- leave or unload
- unload the cargo
- drop off the passengers at the hotel
- stop pursuing or acting
- drop a lawsuit
- knock it off!
- utter with seeming casualness; drop names"
- drop a hint
- terminate an association with
- drop him from the Republican ticket
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- He sank to his knees
- go down in value
- Stock prices dropped
- to fall vertically
- the bombs are dropping on enemy targets
- let fall to the ground
- Don't drop the dishes