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• : 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.
• : 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.
• : a decline in amount, degree, quality, value, etc.: a drop in prices.
• : a small, usually spherical, piece of candy; lozenge: a lemon drop.
• : a central depository where items are left or transmitted: a mail drop.
• : 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.
• : something resembling or likened to a liquid globule, as certain ornaments, a spherical earring, etc.
• : a pendant.
• : a descent by parachute.
• : an instance of dropping supplies by parachute or an amount of supplies so dropped.
• : something that drops or is used for dropping.
• : a group of persons dropped by parachute, as the personnel dropped by parachute during one military action.
• : Theater. drop curtain. drop scene.
• : trapdoor.
• : a gallows.
• : a slit or opening into which something can be dropped, as in a mailbox.
• : the income from the sale of chips.
• : Informal. music, software, etc., that has just been released to the public: his all-new music video drop.
• : Also called dropped i·tem . an item acquired by a player character from a defeated nonplayer character: The mobs in this zone have pretty mediocre drops.
• : a small flag, usually of enameled metal, that gives a visual signal in an annunciator.
• : Furniture. an applied ornament resembling a pendant.
• : Architecture. gutta.
• : Nautical. the vertical dimension amidships of any sail that is bent to a standing yard.Compare hoist.
• : Also called drop pan·el . a thickened portion of the ceiling around a column head.
• : Horology. the free motion of an escape wheel between successive checks by the pallet.
• : the newborn young of an animal.

dropped or dropt, drop·ping.

• : to fall in globules or small portions, as water or other liquid: Rain drops from the clouds.
• : to fall vertically; have an abrupt descent.
• : to sink or fall to the ground, floor, or bottom as if inanimate.
• : to fall lower in condition, degree, value, etc.; diminish or lessen; sink: The prices dropped sharply.
• : to come to an end; cease; lapse: There the matter dropped.
• : to fall or move to a position that is lower, farther back, inferior, etc.: to drop back in line; to drop to the rear.
• : to withdraw; quit: to drop out of a race; to drop from a game.
• : to pass or enter without effort into some condition, activity, or the like: to drop into sleep; to drop into a habit.
• : to make an unexpected or unannounced stop at a place; pay an informal visit or call: Since we're in the neighborhood, why don't we drop in at my brother's?
• : to cease to appear or be seen; vanish: to drop from sight or notice.
• : to fall wounded, dead, etc.: A thousand men dropped in the battle.
• : to squat or crouch, as a dog at the sight of game.
• : to move gently, as with the tide or a light wind.
• : Informal. to be released to the public: When the app dropped, I decided to give it a test run.
• : Slang. to ingest an illicit drug orally; swallow.

dropped or dropt, drop·ping.

• : to let fall in drops or small portions: to drop lemon juice into tea.
• : to let or cause to fall.
• : to cause or allow to sink to a lower position.
• : to cause to decrease in value, amount, quality, etc.; reduce.
• : to utter or express casually or incidentally: to drop a hint.
• : to write and send: Drop me a note.
• : to bring to the ground by a blow or shot.
• : to set down or unload, as from a ship, car, etc.: Drop me at the corner.
• : to omit in pronunciation or writing: He dropped his h's.
• : to lower in pitch or loudness.
• : 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?
• : to cease to employ, admit as a member, or include, as on a list; dismiss: to drop an employee from the payroll; to drop three members of the club who have not paid their dues.
• : to withdraw or cease to pursue: The police dropped the charges against the suspect.
• : Sports. to throw, shoot, hit, kick, or roll through or into a basket, hole, or other goal: He dropped the ball through the basket for two points.to lose: They dropped two games in a row and were eliminated from the tournament.
• : Football. to drop-kick.to score with a drop kick.
• : to give birth to: The cat dropped a litter of six kittens.
• : to parachute: The Marines dropped 300 combat troops into the jungle battlefield.
• : to lengthen by lowering or letting out: to drop the hem of a skirt.
• : to lower into position for landing an airplane.
• : Informal. to release to the public: She dropped her second album in October.
• : Informal. to spend or lose in an extravagant or wasteful way: He thought nothing of dropping $100 on a tie.
• : Slang. to take by swallowing; ingest: to drop LSD.
• : Nautical. to pass out of sight of; outdistance.
• : Cooking. to poach.

• : drop behind, to fall short of the required pace or progress: Her long illness caused her to drop behind the rest of the class.
• : drop off, to fall asleep.to decrease; decline: Sales have dropped off drastically.
• : 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.