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dropped

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noun

a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.

the quantity of liquid contained in such a globule.

a very small quantity of liquid: I'll have a little more tea, just a drop.

a minute quantity of anything: not even a drop of mercy.

Usually, drops.

liquid medicine given in a dose or form of globules from a medicine dropper.

a solution for dilating the pupils of the eyes, administered to the eyes in globules by a medicine dropper.

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a limited amount of an alcoholic beverage: He occasionally takes a drop after dinner.

an act or instance of dropping; fall; descent.

the distance or depth to which anything drops: a ten-foot drop to the ground.

a steep slope: a short drop to the lake.

10.

a decline in amount, degree, quality, value, etc.: a drop in prices.

11.

a small, usually spherical, piece of candy; lozenge: a lemon drop.

12.

a central depository where items are left or transmitted: a mail drop.

13.

a predesignated place where secret letters or packages can be left to be picked up by another person without attracting attention, as in espionage or drug dealing.

14.

something resembling or likened to a liquid globule, as certain ornaments, a spherical earring, etc.

15.

a pendant.

16.

a descent by parachute.

17.

an instance of dropping supplies by parachute or an amount of supplies so dropped.

18.

something that drops or is used for dropping.

19.

a group of persons dropped by parachute, as the personnel dropped by parachute during one military action.

20.

Theater.

drop curtain.

drop scene.

21.

trap door.

22.

a gallows.

23.

a slit or opening into which something can be dropped, as in a mailbox.

24.

(in a casino) the income from the sale of chips.

25.

a small flag, usually of enameled metal, that gives a visual signal in an annunciator.

26.

Furniture. an applied ornament resembling a pendant.

27.

Architecture. gutta (def. 2).

28.

Nautical. the vertical dimension amidships of any sail that is bent to a standing yard. Compare hoist (def. 6a).

29.

Also called drop panel. (in reinforced-concrete-slab construction) a thickened portion of the ceiling around a column head.

30.

Horology. the free motion of an escape wheel between successive checks by the pallet.

31.

the newborn young of an animal.

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verb (used without object)

32.

to fall in globules or small portions, as water or other liquid: Rain drops from the clouds.

33.

to fall vertically; have an abrupt descent.

34.

to sink or fall to the ground, floor, or bottom as if inanimate.

35.

to fall lower in condition, degree, value, etc.; diminish or lessen; sink: The prices dropped sharply.

36.

to come to an end; cease; lapse: There the matter dropped.

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37.

to fall or move to a position that is lower, farther back, inferior, etc.: to drop back in line; to drop to the rear.

38.

to withdraw; quit (often followed by out or from): to drop out of a race; to drop from a game.

39.

to pass or enter without effort into some condition, activity, or the like: to drop into sleep; to drop into a habit.

40.

to make an unexpected or unannounced stop at a place; pay an informal visit or call (usually followed by in, by, or over): Since we're in the neighborhood, why don't we drop in at my brother's?

41.

to cease to appear or be seen; vanish: to drop from sight or notice.

42.

to fall wounded, dead, etc.: A thousand men dropped in the battle.

43.

to squat or crouch, as a dog at the sight of game.

44.

to move gently, as with the tide or a light wind (usually followed by down).

45.

Slang. to ingest an illicit drug orally; swallow.

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verb (used with object)

46.

to let fall in drops or small portions: to drop lemon juice into tea.

47.

to let or cause to fall.

48.

to cause or allow to sink to a lower position.

49.

to cause to decrease in value, amount, quality, etc.; reduce.

50.

to utter or express casually or incidentally: to drop a hint.

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51.

to write and send: Drop me a note.

52.

to bring to the ground by a blow or shot.

53.

to set down or unload, as from a ship, car, etc. (often followed by off): Drop me at the corner.

54.

to omit (a letter or syllable) in pronunciation or writing: He dropped his h's.

55.

to lower (the voice) in pitch or loudness.

56.

to cease to keep up or have to do with: I dropped the subject. will you drop your old friends if you win the lottery?

57.

to cease to employ, admit as a member, or include, as on a list; dismiss: to drop an accountant from the payroll; to drop three members of the club who have not paid their dues.

58.

to withdraw or cease to pursue: The police dropped the charges against the suspect.

59.

Sports.

to throw, shoot, hit, kick, or roll (a ball, puck, etc.) through or into a basket, hole, or other goal: He dropped the ball through the basket for two points.

to lose (a game or contest): They dropped two games in a row and were eliminated from the tournament.

60.

Football.

to drop-kick (a ball).

to score with a drop kick.

61.

(of animals) to give birth to: The cat dropped a litter of six kittens.

62.

to parachute (persons, supplies, etc.): The Marines dropped 300 combat troops into the jungle battlefield.

63.

to lengthen by lowering or letting out: to drop the hem of a skirt.

64.

to lower (the wheels) into position for landing an airplane.

65.

Slang. to take (especially an illicit drug) by swallowing; ingest: to drop LSD.

66.

Nautical. to pass out of sight of; outdistance.

67.

Cookery. to poach (an egg).

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Verb phrases

68.

drop behind, to fall short of the required pace or progress: Her long illness caused her to drop behind the rest of the class.

69.

drop off,

to fall asleep.

to decrease; decline: Sales have dropped off drastically.

70.

drop out,

to withdraw from being a member or participant: to drop out of a club; to drop out of society and become a wanderer.

to stop attending school or college.

Idioms

71.

at the drop of a hat, at the slightest provocation or without delay: He's ready to fight at the drop of a hat.

72.

drop dead, (used as an expression of contempt, disgust, impatience, etc.): If that's the way you feel about it, drop dead!

73.

drop in the bucket. bucket (def. 13).

74.

get/have the drop on,

to aim and be ready to shoot a gun at an antagonist before the other person's gun can be drawn.

to get or have at a disadvantage.

Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English drop(e) drop of liquid, Old English dropa; (v.) Middle English droppen, Old English droppian; akin to drip, droop

Related forms

drop·like, adjective

un·dropped, adjective

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Example Sentences

It is the heart-wrenching visage of dropped opportunity.

The charges were later dropped when the video showed that the police version of events was false.

For now, only the lawsuit that pit mother against daughter has been dropped.

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It is the heart-wrenching visage of dropped opportunity.

The charges were later dropped when the video showed that the police version of events was false.

For now, only the lawsuit that pit mother against daughter has been dropped.

For decades it waited for a bomb that never dropped.

On election night last year, testosterone levels dropped rapidly among male voters of losing parties.

From the point of view of the sailor who dropped the rock, the rock falls straight down.

Plus, we'd be using olives that otherwise dropped onto the ground and into the bushes, feeding only the birds and insects.

It later dropped the rainbow motif when it changed its corporate logo to a solid color, which was red first and is now white.

All those dropped calls you experience may someday be used for a greater good: to help forecast the weather.

In recent weeks the president's popularity has dropped.

At times the mist was so thick visibility dropped to two or three yards.

Your client has dropped sensors in the area to try to locate the trunk.

But after the exhibition closed, he repainted the dropped strap, putting it back into its proper place.

For both, she dropped the trimmed cardoons into a generous amount of boiling water.

We were standing on a ledge that dropped about five or six feet and created huge splashes.

You've seen the game of pachinko-a small metal ball dropped into a thicket of horizontal pegs rattles its way to the bottom.

Magnani's team dropped a large buoy off the tug with a splash.

Heat the pan over medium-high heat until a small dollop of batter dropped in makes a sizzling noise.

The flowers, funnel-shaped when they open in the morning, flatten as the day progresses and are dropped the following day.

One of the providers dropped my health insurance coverage.

Watch a piece of charcoal catch fire and see what happens when a cube of gelatin is dropped on a flat surface.

We dropped dollops of ricotta cheese on the dough, and scattered the mushroom mixture on top.

Meanwhile, the pirates' treasures dropped to the ocean bottom.

Under the old rules eight known national judges scored a program up to six points with the highest and lowest scores dropped.

Several months later, after scientists worldwide protested the move, it looked as if the charges would be dropped.

If the jar felt an earthquake's tremor, even a faint one, a ball dropped from a dragon into a toad's mouth.

The numbers of fish and other ocean life have dropped dramatically in the past few decades.

When faced with the rare snail whose shell formation is counterclockwise, many snakes failed to feed or dropped their prey.

Already, one runner who planned to carry the torch dropped out because of safety concerns, officials said.

Over time, violence in the outlying areas of the cities dropped sharply and land values rose.

In the rest of the countries that number dropped to less than a quarter.

The air would become more humid as the temperature dropped.

The ruling military council dropped charges against two activists who criticized its generals through social networking sites.

As part of the joint settlement, the lawsuit was dropped and any reprimand rescinded.

When money gets short, videogames get dropped off the shopping list.

The officers dropped him off at a local hospital but did not secure medical attention for him there.

Though he had dropped out of university, he had already been quick in paying off his father's unpaid taxes.

Human population density in the watershed is high, yet elephant and buffalo populations have not dropped.

The solid-state light bulbs have increased in efficiency and dropped in price.

When the bottom dropped out of the economy a few years ago, and sales of high-end wine tanked.

My podcast-listening has dropped off, but my concentration.

Such is the latest problem dropped at the offices of higher-education administrators and professors nationwide:.

Exports dropped across all big traded goods and all parts of the world.

Residents from royalty to courtiers dropped everything and ran, and the excavation revealed the.

On a deep-sea vessel, scientists dropped traps and nets to obtain a glimmer of the life that exists in the shadowy depths.

Submitted ballots get dropped in a box at the bottom of the machine for later counting.

The witnesses said some students and staff members dropped to the ground upon hearing the.

If you dropped all the world's data into a black box, could it become a crystal.

Bethesda must have realized they dropped the ball big time on.

I've met people who, dropped into pretty much any imaginable environment, fare no worse than marginally incompetent.

Several fast-food chains and consumer-goods firms have ostentatiously dropped it from their recipes.

If you dropped all the world's data into a black box, could it become a.

In it, my salary component from the med school was dropped in half.

The result was that the level of aggressive behaviour within the troop dropped off markedly.

Finding them would be hopeless, except that they dropped a.

But the iPhone dropped the fundamental feature of openness.

But this was no little pink bundle dropped at my doorstep.

The amount issued by financial companies has dropped as well, but less dramatically.

As soon as he took his clothes off, all the other athletes dropped out because they all knew they couldn't beat this guy.

Shoppers remember more items dropped into their own basket than they do those put into another person's.

It is only daytime temperatures that seem to have dropped.

Adriel dropped the camera-luckily on a strap around his neck-as the tiny aircraft bucked on the invisible currents.

After a pilot project that included more video-surveillance and outdoor lighting, crime has dropped.

After being shot at twice, but apparently unhit, the croc dropped the arm.

The quote was a good opener, but it was quickly dropped without a thorough examination.

Survivors had not eaten for days and helicopters dropped provisions and began a slow.

Plague fatalities among humans dropped to a few cases a year.

Estimates of output have slumped and currencies have dropped as capital inflows have dried up.

At the center of the lake, he dropped the gold into the water.

Alas, the normally sure-handed wideout dropped the ball in the end zone.

The placid waters have dropped more than four meters in the last.

They had one hit album, and then dropped off the scene.

Instead, when nearby monkeys dropped their food and ran, the one that had sounded the false alarm moved in to scoop up the bounty.

Finding the dropped thing on the floor has always been easy for me.

The whole troop slept outside, using only rocks for shelter, as temperatures dropped well below freezing.

The reason is perfectly clear-if you're lowering that and you dropped it you are in line for a disaster.

The snakes closest to the nests receive an abundance of dead fish dropped by the birds, the scientist explained.

In mice that were fed the compound, fertility dropped to zero after a few weeks without causing the animals noticeable harm.

With incredible precision they dropped him down amongst the deck.

Even though some of these cases were serious, few patients dropped out of treatment".

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Word Origin & History

drop

O.E. dropa, from P.Gmc. drupon, from PIE *dhreub-. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. The verb (O.E.) originally meant "fall in drops;" transitive sense "allow to fall" is mid-14c. Related: Dropped; dropping. Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix.15 [K.J.V.]. Exclamation drop dead is from

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1934; as an adj. meaning "stunning, excellent" it is first recorded 1970. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857.

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Medical Dictionary

drop (drŏp)
n.

The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass.
A volume of liquid equal to ¹/₇₆ of a teaspoon and regarded as a unit of dosage for medication.
A small globular piece of candy, usually readily dissolved in the mouth.

v. dropped, drop·ping, drops
To fall, be dispensed, or poured in drops.

Slang Dictionary

drop (so) definition

tv.
to knock someone down; to punch and knock down a person. : Fred dropped Mooshoo with one punch to the jaw.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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dropped definition

mod.
arrested. : Harry the Horse was dropped only once last year.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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