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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
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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.
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If it’s easier, just think of “rope drop” as “first thing in the morning” at Disneyland. In addition to rope drop being a time, it’s also a verb (“we’re rope dropping Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride”).
Disneyland Park Opening Strategy & Rope Drop Tips - Disney Tourist Blog Tom Bricker 2024
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I once rope dropped Haunted Mansion and the cast members opened the gates for me! It honestly felt so magical!
[deleted by user] 2025
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You go early and wait behind the rope until they drop the rope. Some parks that's more literal than others, but the term rope drop just means being there first thing in the morning for park open.
How does rope drop work? Throw_away777778 2025
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Your rope drop strategy is the plan you put together to get you through that morning hustle with the lowest waits on the best rides possible.
Magic Kingdom Rope Drop and Early Entry Strategy 2025 Magic Kingdom Rope Drop and Early Entry Strategy 2025 2025
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While the score is an essential aspect of the film, you’ve probably seen a lot of films where directors use mainstream music in their movies—they are called “needle drops” that are part of the movie’s soundtrack.
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The Kinks - Strangers in The Darjeeling Limited and Nico - These Days in The Royal Tenenbaums are probably my two favourite needle drops in his filmography, and just generally some of my favourites across all films.
What's your favorite "needle drop" of all time in a film? Noodle_Gentleman 2025
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Our definition of a needle drop in this list is "A piece of diegetic or non-diegetic music that enhances the mood, flavor, and/or narrative of the film/show.”
The 100 best needle drops in film and television history Jordan Darville 2024
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- abandon
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- bead
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- bit
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- block
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- boot out
- border
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- bowl down
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- brain
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- caesura
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- curtain
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- cyclorama
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- day off
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- death chair
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- decor
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- degenerateness
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- deliquesce
- demise
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- deposit
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- descending
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- desert
- desist
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- deterioration
- detonate
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- dewdrop
- die
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- diminish
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- dip
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- discard
- discharge
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- doff
- dot
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- draft
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- drink
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- droop
- drop
- drop curtain
- drop down
- drop in on
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- droplet
- dropping
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- edge
- effeteness
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- electric chair
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- eliminate
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- ethical drug
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- expire
- fade
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- faint
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- fall off
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- falling
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- falloff
- farrow
- fatigue
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- fell
- fetch down
- filter
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- fire curtain
- fire off
- fizzle out
- flag
- flat
- fleck
- flipper
- floor
- flying start
- flyspeck
- foal
- forfeit
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- frag
- gainer
- gallows
- gallows-tree
- gargle
- gas chamber
- gasp
- generic name
- get along without
- get rid of
- get tired
- gibbet
- give away
- give birth
- give out
- give over
- give the quietus
- give up
- give way
- globule
- gnat
- go astray from
- go away
- go down
- go downhill
- go off
- go soft
- go to pieces
- go uphill
- gobbet
- grade
- grain
- gravitate
- gravitation
- gray out
- ground
- grow weary
- guillotine
- gun
- gun down
- gun for
- gurgle
- guzzle
- halter
- hand over
- hang
- hanging
- have
- have a baby
- have done with
- have young
- head
- head start
- header
- hemp
- hempen collar
- herbs
- hesitation
- hew down
- hit
- hit the skids
- holiday
- hot seat
- incinerate
- inclination
- incline
- incur loss
- inhalant
- inside track
- interim
- interlude
- intermezzo
- intermission
- intermittence
- interruption
- interval
- involution
- iota
- jackknife
- jade
- jigger
- jilt
- jolt
- jot
- jugulate
- jump
- keel
- keel over
- kick
- kiss good-bye
- kitten
- knock down
- labor
- lamb
- languish
- lapidate
- lapse
- lay
- lay down
- lay level
- lay low
- lay out
- layoff
- leach
- leaching
- lead
- leak
- leak out
- leakage
- leaking
- lean
- leave
- leave off
- leave out
- lessen
- let drop
- let fly
- let go
- let off
- let out
- let slip
- let up
- lethal chamber
- letter box
- letter drop
- letup
- level
- libation
- lie in
- lincture
- linctus
- list
- litter
- lixiviate
- lixiviation
- load
- lose
- lose altitude
- lose out
- loss of tone
- lota
- lower
- lull
- maiden
- mailbag
- mailbox
- mailing machine
- make a sacrifice
- materia medica
- medicament
- medication
- medicinal
- medicinal herbs
- medicine
- melt away
- microbe
- microorganism
- midge
- minim
- minutia
- minutiae
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- mite
- mixture
- molecule
- mote
- mow down
- nip
- nol-pros
- nonprescription drug
- noose
- nose dive
- nose-dive
- not pursue with
- odds
- officinal
- omit
- ounce
- oust
- pant
- parachute
- parachute jump
- part with
- particle
- pass
- pass away
- pass out
- patent medicine
- pause
- pearl
- peg
- peg out
- pelt
- pepper
- percolate
- percolation
- peter out
- pharmacon
- physic
- pick off
- pillar box
- pinch
- pine
- pinhead
- pinpoint
- pistol
- pitch
- play out
- plop
- plug
- plummet
- plummeting
- plump
- plunge
- plunk
- point
- poleax
- poop out
- pop off
- postbag
- postbox
- pot
- potation
- potion
- potshoot
- potshot
- pounce
- pounce on
- pounce upon
- pour down
- powder
- power dive
- precipitate
- preparation
- prescription drug
- prime
- proprietary
- proprietary medicine
- proprietary name
- prostrate
- puff
- puff and blow
- pull
- pull down
- pup
- put behind one
- put off
- quit
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- rag
- rain
- raindrop
- rake
- rapids
- rase
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- recant
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- regression
- reject
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- release
- relinquish
- remission
- remove
- render up
- renounce
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- resign
- respite
- rest
- retract
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- retrocession
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- riddle
- rise
- rope
- round
- round of drinks
- run down
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- running dive
- running start
- rusticate
- sack
- sacrifice
- sag
- scaffold
- scene
- scenery
- scrap
- screen
- scrub
- seep
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- send headlong
- settle
- shake
- shed
- shelve
- shoot
- shoot at
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- shoot to death
- shot
- shotgun
- shred
- shrink
- side scene
- sidle
- silence
- simples
- sink
- sip
- skid
- skin-dive
- sky dive
- sky-dive
- slack off
- slacken
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slip out of
- slippage
- slope
- slowdown
- slug
- slump
- smidgen
- smidgin
- smitch
- snifter
- snip
- snipe
- snippet
- snort
- something extra
- something in reserve
- sound
- spare
- spawn
- speck
- spot
- spread-eagle
- spurtle
- stab to death
- stage screw
- stake
- stand-down
- start
- stationary dive
- stay
- step out of
- stone
- stone to death
- stoop
- stop
- strike
- strike dead
- subside
- subsidence
- succumb
- suck
- suffer loss
- sup
- supinate
- surrender
- suspension
- swag
- swan dive
- sway
- swear off
- sweat
- sweating
- swig
- swill
- swoon
- swoop
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- syrup
- tab
- tableau
- tail off
- take a header
- take a potshot
- take down
- take off
- taper off
- taste
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- teardrop
- teaser
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- the chair
- theraputant
- throw
- throw down
- throw off
- throw over
- throw up
- tilt
- tip
- tire
- tisane
- tittle
- topple
- tormentor
- torpedo
- tot
- transformation
- transformation scene
- travail
- tree
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- trickle
- tricklet
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- trip
- truce
- tumble
- turn off
- undergo privation
- undo
- unwrap
- upper hand
- uprise
- vacate
- vacation
- vanishing point
- vantage
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- vantage point
- vaporize
- variegate
- vegetable remedies
- visit
- waive
- wander from
- wane
- waste
- waste away
- waterfall
- weaken
- wear
- wear away
- wear thin
- weary
- weep
- wet
- whack down
- wheeze
- whelp
- whip hand
- wilt
- wing
- wingcut
- withdraw from
- woodcut
- yean
- yield
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Other words for 'drop'
hypernyms (37)
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cross-references (47)
Cross-references
- a drop in the bucket
- a dropping fire
- abandon
- black drop
- break
- crouch
- curtain
- depreciate
- descend
- descent
- distance
- droop
- drop culture
- drop of stock
- drop serene
- fall
- fell
- green drops
- hoffmann's drops
- knockout drops
- lower
- off
- omit
- particle
- pendant
- prince rupert's drop
- sink
- stop
- to drop a courtesy
- to drop a line
- to drop anchor
- to drop asleep
- to drop astern
- to drop down
- to drop in
- to drop off
- to drop out
- to drop the curtain
- to drop to
- to drop to shot
- to drop to wing
- to get the drop
- to have a drop in one's eye
- to have the drop on one
- utter
- weep millstones
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.
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