DROP | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Old English dropa (noun), droppian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Tropfen ‘a drop’, tropfen ‘to drip’, also to drip and droop

let or make (something) fall vertically

let fall vertically

• the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette
• they dropped bombs on Caen during the raid

fall vertically

fall vertically

• the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand

make or become lower, weaker, or less

make or become lower

• he dropped his voice as she came into the room
• pre-tax profits dropped by 37 per cent
• tourism has dropped off in the last few years

abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)

abandon course of action

• the charges against him were dropped last year

set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else

set down or unload

• his mum dropped him outside and drove off to work
• he dropped the load off at a dealer's

(in sport) fail to win (a point or a match)

fail to win or score

• the club have yet to drop a point in the Second Division

be forced to play (a relatively high card) as a loser under an opponent's higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand

force or be forced to play high card

• East drops the 10 on the second round

a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface

small round portion of liquid

• the first drops of rain splashed on the ground

an instance of falling or dropping

instance of dropping

• they left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain

a delivery

delivery

• I got to the depot and made the drop

a small, round sweet or lozenge

sweet

• a chocolate drop

an earring that hangs down from the earlobe

earring

• simple amethyst and diamond drops

a section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies; a drop cloth or drop curtain.

section of theatrical scenery

a trapdoor on a gallows, the opening of which causes the prisoner to fall and thus be hanged

trapdoor on gallows

• warders, standing on planks, invariably flanked the prisoners on the drop