The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass. See Table at measurement.
A small quantity of a substance.
drops Liquid medicine administered in drops.
A trace or hint: not a drop of pity.
Something shaped or hanging like a drop.
A small globular piece of hard candy.
The vertical distance from a higher to a lower level.
The distance through which something falls or drops.
A descent by parachute.
Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.
A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.
The act of depositing such communications or materials.
The act of falling; descent.
A swift decline or decrease, as in quality, quantity, or intensity.
The vertical distance from a higher to a lower level.
The distance through which something falls or drops.
A descent by parachute.
Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.
A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.
The act of depositing such communications or materials.
A sheer incline, such as the face of a cliff.
A descent by parachute.
Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.
A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.
The act of depositing such communications or materials.
Something, such as a trapdoor on a gallows, that is arranged to fall or be lowered.
A drop curtain.
A slot through which something is deposited in a receptacle.
A central place or establishment where something, such as mail, is brought and subsequently distributed.
A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.
The act of depositing such communications or materials.
Electronics A connection made available for an input or output unit on a transmission line.
v.
dropped, drop·ping, drops
v.
intr.
To fall in drops.
To fall from a higher to a lower place or position.
To become less, as in number, intensity, or volume.
To descend from one level to another.
To fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.
To pass or slip into a specified state or condition: dropped into a doze; drop out of sight.
Sports To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
v.
tr.
To let fall by releasing hold of.
To let fall in drops.
To cause to become less; reduce: drop the rate of production.
To cause to fall, as by hitting or shooting.
Sports To hurl or strike (a ball) into a basket or hole.
To give birth to. Used of animals.
To say or offer casually: drop a hint; drop a name.
To write at one's leisure: drop me a note.
To cease consideration or treatment of: dropped the matter altogether.
To terminate an association or a relationship with. See Synonyms at dismiss.
To leave unfinished: drop everything and help.
To leave out (a letter, for example) in speaking or writing.
To leave or set down at a particular place; unload.
Informal To spend, especially lavishly or rashly: "dropping $50,000 in an Atlantic City casino"(George F. Will).
To parachute.
To lower the level of (the voice).
To lose (a game or contest, for example).
Slang To take, as a drug, by mouth: drop acid.
To fall asleep.
To decrease: Sales dropped off in the fourth quarter.
To withdraw from participation, as in a game, club, or school.
To withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values.
Phrasal Verb(s): drop backFootball To back away from the line of scrimmage. drop behindTo fall behind: dropped behind the rest of the class during her illness. drop byTo stop in for a short visit. drop off
To fall asleep.
To decrease: Sales dropped off in the fourth quarter.
drop out
To withdraw from participation, as in a game, club, or school.
To withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values.
Idiom(s):
at the drop of a hat
Immediately; without delay: would sign the contract at the drop of a hat.
With only the slightest provocation: ready to argue at the drop of a hat.
Idiom(s):
drop a dime Slang To make a telephone call, especially to the police to inform on or betray someone.
Idiom(s):
drop in the bucketA small, inadequate quantity.
Idiom(s):
get/have the drop onTo achieve a distinct advantage over.
[Middle English droppe, from Old English dropa; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
tv. to inform the police of criminal activity. (Underworld. See explanation at dime-dropper.) : No, almost anybody will drop a dime these days.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
drop a dime
Inform on or betray someone, as in No one can cheat in this classsomeone's bound to drop a dime and tell the teacher. This expression, alluding to the ten-cent coin long used for making a telephone call, originated as underworld slang for phoning the police to inform on a criminal and occasionally is extended to any kind of betrayal. [1960s]
(drŏp) 
someone's bound to drop a dime and tell the teacher. This expression, alluding to the ten-cent coin long used for making a telephone call, originated as underworld slang for phoning the police to inform on a criminal and occasionally is extended to any kind of betrayal. [1960s]