drop
noun
- 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.
verb (used without object), dropped or dropt, drop·ping.
verb (used with object), dropped or dropt, drop·ping.
- 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.
- to drop-kick (a ball).
- to score with a drop kick.
Verb Phrases
- to fall asleep.
- to decrease; decline: Sales have dropped off drastically.
- 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 for drop
- 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 of drop
OTHER WORDS FROM drop
drop·like, adjective un·dropped, adjectiveWords nearby drop
Example sentences from the Web for drops
Chris Stein of Blondie catches Ramone with an “aw, shucks” expression just after he drops a plate of food.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings |Melissa Leon |December 15, 2014 |DAILY BEASTEri Hayward is cheerful, even as she drops verbal bombs that demolish mainstream conceptions about being transgender.
Thank God! To the Church, This Transgender Woman Is Just a Skank |Emily Shire |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEASTFirst, Palmer's girlfriend of long standing, Paula, drops by.
At the end of his junior year, he drops out of Temple and becomes a full-time comic.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters |Scott Porch |September 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There are many moments like this, where Barry drops the reader little clues, images, dates and details.
She turns as pale as ashes, and drops back on the sofa, and says, faintly: 'It is my husband.
The Queen of Hearts |Wilkie CollinsLike the sparrowhawk, it frequently hovers in the air and drops upon its prey.
I followed his track guided by the drops of blood which fell on the snow.
The Green Book |Mr JkaiShe drops down on her knees, and bows so low that her head touches the matting.
Brooks's Readers, Third Year |Stratton D. BrooksI see the drops of honey welling out, lapped up by the glutton as soon as they appear.
Social Life in the Insect World |J. H. Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for drops (1 of 2)
pl n
British Dictionary definitions for drops (2 of 2)
noun
verb drops, dropping or dropped
noun, verb
Word Origin for drop
Medical definitions for drops
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v.
Idioms and Phrases with drops
In addition to the idioms beginning with drop
- drop a bombshell
- drop a brick
- drop a dime
- drop a line
- drop back
- drop behind
- drop by
- drop dead
- drop in one's tracks
- drop in someone's lap
- drop in the bucket
- drop like a hot potato
- drop like flies
- drop names
- drop off
- drop out
- drop the ball
also see:
- at the drop of a hat
- bottom drops out of
- get the drop on
- hear a pin drop
- let drop
- wait for the other shoe to drop