| drop | |
| 1. subst. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid. | |
| Put three drops of oil into the mixture. | |
| 2. subst. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall. | |
| On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop. | |
| 3. subst. A fall, descent; an act of dropping. | |
| That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones. | |
| 4. subst. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point. | |
| I left the plans at the drop, like you asked. | |
| The Drop (film title) | |
| 5. subst. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute. | |
| The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch. | |
| 6. subst. (chiefly British, Australian) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage | |
| He usually enjoys a drop after dinner. | |
| 7. subst. (chiefly British, when used with the definite article (the drop)) alcoholic spirits in general. | |
| It doesn't matter where you're from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine. | |
| 8. subst. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky. | |
| 9. subst. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge. | |
| 10. subst. (American football) A dropped pass. | |
| Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end. | |
| 11. subst. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back. | |
| The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open. | |
| 12. subst. (Rugby football) A drop-kick. | |
| 13. subst. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference. | |
| 14. subst. (sports) relegation from one division to a lower one | |
| 15. subst. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies. | |
| 16. subst. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known | |
| 17. subst. (US, banking dated) An unsolicited credit card issue. | |
| 18. subst. The vertical length of a hanging curtain. | |
| 19. subst. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc. | |
| 20. subst. (architecture) A gutta. | |
| 21. subst. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theat | |
| 22. subst. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging. | |
| 23. subst. A drop press or drop hammer. | |
| 24. subst. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. | |
| 25. subst. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only. | |
| 26. subst. The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key. | |
| 27. v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid). | |
| 28. v. To drip (a liquid). | |
| 29. v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down). | |
| A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky. | |
| 30. v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). | |
| Don't drop that plate! The police ordered the men to drop their weapons. | |
| 31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. | |
| 32. v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground. | |
| Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private! If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll. | |
| 33. v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death. | |
| 34. v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop. | |
| 35. v. To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. | |
| The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled. She would sometimes drop off to sleep straight after dinner. | |
| 36. v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money). | |
| 37. v. To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.). | |
| I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it? | |
| 38. v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc. | |
| The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday. We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops. Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is comp | |
| 39. v. To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message). | |
| Drop me a note when you get to the city. | |
| 40. v. To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down. | |
| Make any sudden movements and I will drop you! | |
| 41. v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.). | |
| Cockneys drop their aitches. | |
| 42. v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out. | |
| Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball | |
| 43. v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD. | |
| They had never dropped acid. | |
| 44. v. To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose. | |
| I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée. | |
| 45. v. To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list. | |
| I've been dropped from the football team. | |
| 46. v. (Rugby football) To score a goal by means of a drop-kick. | |
| 47. v. (transitive, slang) To impart. | |
| I drop knowledge wherever I go. Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody's business. | |
| 48. v. (transitive, music, computing, colloquial) To release to the public. | |
| They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays. | |
| That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs i.e. publish my personal information. | |
| 49. v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey. | |
| That guy can drop the bass like a monster. I love it when he drops his funky beats. | |
| 50. v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution. | |
| "Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays. | |
| 51. v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note. | |
| 52. v. To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course. | |
| I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore. | |
| 53. v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling. | |
| Drop a basket of fries. | |
| 54. v. To lower; to move to a lower position. | |
| 55. v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty. | |
| Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12. | |
| 56. v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality. | |
| The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end. My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2. | |
| 57. v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by. | |
| drop by soon; drop in on her tomorrow | |
| 58. v. To give birth to. | |
| to drop a lamb | |
| 59. v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. | |
| 60. v. (slang) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty. | |
