drop in the bucket

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.

1. Something shaped or hanging like a drop.

2. A small globular piece of hard candy.

3. The vertical distance from a higher to a lower level.

4. The distance through which something falls or drops.

5. A descent by parachute.

6. Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.

7. A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.

8. The act of depositing such communications or materials.

The act of falling; descent.

A swift decline or decrease, as in quality, quantity, or intensity.

1. The vertical distance from a higher to a lower level.

2. The distance through which something falls or drops.

3. A descent by parachute.

4. Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.

5. A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.

6. The act of depositing such communications or materials.

A sheer incline, such as the face of a cliff.

1. A descent by parachute.

2. Personnel and equipment landed by means of parachute.

3. A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.

4. 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.

1. A predetermined location for the deposit and subsequent removal of secret communications or illicit goods, such as drugs.

2. The act of depositing such communications or materials.

Electronics A connection made available for an input or output unit on a transmission line.

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.

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.

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.

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.