英语词汇“drop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

drop

/drɒp

verb (drops, dropping, dropped) [with object]

1Let or make (something) fall vertically: the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette they dropped bombs on Caen during the raid...

The fire had started when she fell asleep and dropped her cigarette.
Investigations by police and fire officers concluded that one of them had fallen asleep and dropped a lit cigarette end.
He drops the phone and falls back to the floor, shaking.

Synonyms

let fall, let go (of), fail to hold, lose one's grip on;

release, unhand, relinquish

put, place, rest, deposit, set, set down, lay, leave, settle, shove, stick, position, station

informal pop, plonk

1.1Deliver (supplies or troops) by parachute: the airlift dropped food into the camp...

Only on rare occasions would an entire Brigade be dropped for an assault upon one objective.
The Germans have to fly increasingly further with fewer aircraft and landing fields to drop supplies.
We dropped the Parachute Regiment into Arnhem and also towed gliders over.

1.2 Rugby Score (a goal) by a drop kick: (as adjective dropped) Botha responded with a superb dropped goal...

England have had a hard time of it since Wilkinson dropped the goal which won them the World Cup in Sydney in November.
A rare Hull breakaway five minutes from time set up the position for Richard Whiting to drop a crucial field goal.
The second half saw Bolton under the cosh as Heaton Moor scored a second try and their stand off dropped a goal from 50 metres to level the scores.

1.3(Of an animal) give birth to (young).They were four hours east of Sterling, when Fly dropped her first pup....

This species of hartebeest has its young in the late dry season, some antelope prefer to drop their young during the first rains.
She dropped her first litter of pups in September of 2003.

1.4 informal Take (a drug, especially LSD) orally: he dropped a lot of acid in the Sixties...

Before I had dropped LSD for the first time, I didn't understand the neck thing.
Ellis would frequently drop acid on off days and weekends.
The notorious acid flashback (where a person will trip out long after the last time they dropped a tab) happens when the body uses some of these fat reserves, thus releasing L.S.D. into the bloodstream.

2 [no object and usually with adverbial] Fall vertically: the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand...

Sebastian's subsequent survival was another aerial spectacle as his boat dropped vertically to the stage in stormy lighting.
My spoon dropped clumsily from my hand.
A thrust and twist through its chest, and it fell limp, the daggers clattering as they dropped from its hands.

Synonyms

drip, fall in drops, fall, dribble, trickle, drizzle, flow, run, plop, leak

fall, come/go down, descend, sink;

plunge, plummet, dive, nosedive, tumble, pitch, slump

2.1(Of a person) allow oneself to fall; let oneself down without jumping: they escaped by climbing out of the window and dropping to the ground...

The crews grabbed them from the first floor of their terraced home in Prestwich after the family dropped on to the roof of their bay windows.
Wordlessly, she stands up and, doesn't drop, but jumps off going further than she should.
I jumped, or dropped, whichever sounds more dignified, off the pipe.

2.2(Of a person or animal) sink to or towards the ground: he dropped to his knees in the mud...

Then its head sunk down and the beast simply dropped to the ground, fast asleep.
At the shot, the buck dropped to the ground but was up again moving away with no flash of the white tail to be seen.
James groaned from the ground and Andy dropped to her knees to help him.

Synonyms

fall, sink, collapse, descend, go down, slide, stumble, tumble

2.3 informal Collapse or die from exhaustion: he looked ready to drop...

It was nearly three in the morning and he looked ready to drop from exhaustion.
I was exhausted and ready to drop before the day was even half over but there was no way in hell I was going to give Annie the satisfaction of seeing me like that.
It looked like you were ready to drop after a couple of hours there, Brooke.

Synonyms

collapse, faint, pass out, black out, swoon, lose consciousness, fall unconscious, keel over, fall/sink down

informal flake out, conk out, go out

2.4(Of ground) slope steeply down: the land drops away to the river...

In front the land dropped steeply away to the desert.
A couple of hundred yards from where the trees stopped, the ground dropped away in a sheer cliff.
The ground dropped away from the far edge of the trail to a spectacular view of the canyon and the mountains beyond.

Synonyms

slope downwards, slope, slant downwards, descend, go down, decline, fall away, sink, dip

3Make or become lower, weaker, or less: [with object]: he dropped his voice as she came into the room [no object]: pre-tax profits dropped by 37 per cent tourism has dropped off in the last few years...

Energy demand might not drop much unless the price of energy doubled.
In addition, predictions that housing prices would drop began appearing in the local media.
Furious investors frantically sold their shares, causing the share price to drop 54 per cent in one day.

Synonyms

decrease, lessen, make less, reduce, diminish, depreciate;

fall, decline, become less, dwindle, sink, slump, slacken off, plunge, plummet

4Abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study): the charges against him were dropped last year...

‘The thing about studying here is that you have to be able to drop everything in a second,’ she explains.
‘Angie has dropped everything for me and running the charity has changed both our lives,’ she said.
Should one drop everything to answer the phone?

Synonyms

give up, finish with, withdraw from, retire from, cancel;

discontinue, end, stop, cease, halt, terminate;

abandon, forgo, relinquish, dispense with, have done with, throw up

informal pack in, quit, cry off

4.1Discard or exclude (someone or something): they were dropped from the team in the reshuffle...

He was dropped from the test team in January 2002 and has received just one chance since.
Both photos were going into the article but one had to be dropped due to space and that is when the caption mix-up happened.
Freddie and his board were about to drop him when he quit.

Synonyms

exclude, discard, expel, oust, throw out, leave out, get rid of;

dismiss, discharge, let go

informal boot out, kick out, chuck out, turf out

4.2 informal Stop associating with: I was under pressure from family and friends to drop Barbara...

Alex discovered why he has been dropped as a friend and a lover by Benny.
You drop all of your friends and family, you disappear for months at a time, and you're rude as hell when you finally do resurface!
I think you should just drop her.

Synonyms

abandon, desert, throw over;

repudiate, renounce, disown, disclaim, disavow, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of;

discard, reject, give up, cast off;

neglect, shun

British informal give someone the push, give someone the elbow, give someone the big E, bin off

North American informal give someone the air

archaic forsake

5Set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else: he dropped the load off at a dealer’s his mum dropped him outside and drove off to work...

The driver dropped his passengers outside the Tib Street café before parking the vehicle on Dorsey Street.
The cab dropped her off outside of her apartment and she walked, with some difficulty, to the front door.
He dropped her off outside her apartment building, pressing the flowers into her hand.

5.1 [with object and adverbial] Put or leave in a particular place without ceremony or formality: just drop it in the post when you’ve got time...

At lunchtime I went down town and dropped the Bach score in on James.
Once you have completed the questionnaire drop it in to me at the clinic and make an appointment to discuss the results.
Mel and I head to the mall to shop for Daz's birthday present and then drop it round to the flat.

Synonyms

deliver, bring, take, convey, carry, transport;

leave, put off, unload;

allow to alight

5.2Mention in passing, typically in order to impress: she dropped a remark about having been included in the selection...

No surprise Susan fell for Andrew from the start, and yes, she'd picked up on the marriage hints he'd casually dropped along the way.
That doesn't stop him from dropping the usual snide comments.
The writer / actor enjoys dropping names, making fancy comparisons, and expressing intellectualized insights.

Synonyms

mention, refer to, speak of, hint at;

bring up, raise, broach, introduce;

show off

5.3British informal (Of a DJ) select and play (a record): various guest DJs drop quality tunes both old and new...

As we waited for the start of the race, Wallace dropped Snoop Dogg rhymes, Nelly rhymes and Aerosmith rhymes.
Gone are the days when a DJ dropped all sorts in his sets.
He was talked into dropping some tunes for the late-night crowd.

5.4 informal Release (a musical recording).With the album ready to drop, we caught up with the musician to talk bass, beats and… Love!...

At age 25, she had a deal with Warner and a major-label debut ready to drop.
Instead, he drops Lost And Found, a record that brims with pride and purpose.

6(In sport) fail to win (a point or a match): the club have yet to drop a point in the Second Division...

The Chinese have yet to drop a match and have only conceded two goals while Germany started well before going through a dry patch during the pool phase.
United could ill afford to drop a point in the championship race but after Paul Scholes slammed them into a 15th minute lead that possibility was never on the agenda.
The visitors were yet to drop any points, conceding only one goal in their five games prior to the Leigh match.

Synonyms

lose, fail to win, concede, miss out on, give away, let slip

6.1 informal Lose (money) through gambling: he reckoned I’d dropped forty thousand pounds...

Before you step into a studio and drop your hard earned money, here are a few questions you may want to ask yourself beforehand.
I have dropped 10000 dollars so far.
Three Saudi Arabian princes dropped more than $6 million on the roulette wheel at the Monte Carlo Casino.

7 Bridge Force or 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: East drops the 10 on the second round...

Face cards are dropped on face cards or aces of the same color.
The 3 of diamonds, the lowest card in the deck now becomes the start card if you dropped the two cards I suggested.
Alternatively you need the jack with enough cards in your trump suit that you can reasonably hope to drop the 9 when you lead your jack.

noun

1A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface: the first drops of rain splashed on the ground...

By the time we finished walking round the projects, it was dark and the first drops of rain were beginning to fall.
We had dinner with Anne, Will, Jane, Liz and Bill on Friday evening and a few drops of rain fell.
We topped the pass as the first drops of rain fell, and then beat the storm in a reckless 20 kilometres downhill dash.

Synonyms

droplet, blob, globule, bead, bubble, tear, dot, spheroid, oval

informal glob

1.1 [often with negative] A very small amount of liquid: there was not a drop of water in sight...

It was true when we were taught to save every grain and every drop of water.
A £40 million pipeline has never carried a drop of water since it was built in North Yorkshire more than seven years ago.
He explains how precious every drop of water is in their lives.

Synonyms

small amount, little, bit, dash, spot, soupçon;

dribble, driblet, sprinkle, trickle, splash, scintilla;

lick, taste, dram, sip, trace, whiff, whisper, nuance, murmur, breath;

pinch, dab, speck, grain, smattering, sprinkling;

particle, modicum

informal smidgen, tad

1.2 [usually with negative] A small drink of spirits: he doesn’t touch a drop during the week...

You have lost that disturbed look on your face and without drinking a drop of this delicious brandy I've brought for you.
He has not touched a drop of drink for three years.
I haven't touched a drop of liquor since, and promptly gave away all of my cigarettes to friends on New Year's Day.

1.3 (drops) Liquid medication to be measured or applied in very small amounts: eye drops...

Your child's doctor will give you antibiotic ointment or drops along with specific instructions on how to care for your child.
Pink eye is usually treated with antibiotic drops or ointment.
Bacterial conjunctivitis can be treated with antibiotic eye drops or ointment, which can only be obtained with a prescription from your doctor.

2 [usually in singular] An instance of falling or dropping: they left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain...

Suddenly, the ship halted with the drop of the anchor.
The crowd of spectators sat on the edges of their seats, waiting with bated breath for the drop of the violet flag.
The sale is binding upon both seller and buyer at the drop of the hammer.

2.1An act of dropping supplies or troops by parachute: the planes finally managed to make the drop...

The council offered to arrange for a helicopter drop of supplies.
One of the most obvious lessons Stirling learned was that a parachute drop could be a disaster.
There was, however, no way of contacting them and arranging for a parachute drop.

2.2A fall in amount, quality, or rate: a significant drop in consumer spending...

While, in comparison to last summer, the employment rate has taken a slight drop, the numbers are by no means a bad omen.
The drop was largely due to changes in conversion rates.
This corresponds to a drop from an annual gross emigration rate of 14.8 percent to 3.7 percent of the population.

Synonyms

decrease, reduction, decline, lowering, lessening, falling off, fall-off, downturn, slump;

cut, cutback, curtailment, diminution;

depreciation, devaluation;

North American downtick

2.3An abrupt or steep fall or slope: a sheer 1,500-foot drop...

I peeked at my surroundings every minute or so, which is why my heart fell into my stomach at the sight of the steep drop.
The second mile is a huge drop into Brooklyn, and by about halfway, in the borough of Queens, 12 flat miles are followed by a climb, a drop and another steep climb.
But get to the top and gaze over Callander, and you soon realise how steep the drop is: you have climbed higher than 1,000 ft.

Synonyms

cliff, abyss, chasm, gorge, gully, precipice;

slope, descent, incline, declivity, downslope, ramp

2.4 (the drop) informal The relegation of a sports team to a lower league or division: they only just avoided the drop last season...

It wasn't the best of seasons for Coventry as they just avoided the drop to League One, but with a new stadium ready to go on August 20 hopes are high of a renaissance this term.
The target was to stay in Division Two and avoid the drop to the Third Division and the ensuing havoc that would cause.
At the other end of the table, several big clubs that consider themselves established Premiership sides are in danger of the drop to the Football League Championship.

Synonyms

relegation, demotion, lowering, reduction, downgrading

2.5 (the drop) Bridge The playing of a high card underneath an opponent’s higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand: do you play for the drop now or finesse the 9?...

With nine cards you should play for the drop.
He would have gone down had he played for the drop of the spade queen.

3 informal A delivery: I got to the depot and made the drop...

The Royal Mail was this morning searching all post to pick out voting papers, to be delivered in special drops or collected by town hall staff.
Later the same night, two men dressed in dark-coloured hooded tops and wraparound-style sunglasses confronted the delivery man as he made the drop in Avenue Terrace.
Our previous delivery van had to make several drops and then return to the depot.

3.1US A letter box.

3.2A hiding place for stolen, illicit, or secret things: the lavatory’s water cistern could be used as a letter drop...

After the coup, he ran a newspaper stand, which functioned as a letter drop for the clandestine Communist Party.
Our requests were usually met, although there were occasional adjustments in types of weapons sent and frequent changes in time or locations of drops.
On the plus side, it does enable you to act out your John Le Carre Cold War fantasies with no shortage of dead letter drops and darkened doorways from which to covertly observe the locals.

4 [usually with modifier] A small, round sweet or lozenge: a chocolate drop...

His wearying recourse to the one-liner is the literary equivalent of tossing choc drops to the reader.
Dogs with a sweet tooth can fulfil their wish through chocolate milk drops which are safe as they contain minimal amount of cocoa which vets say is harmful to dogs.
Suck on hard candy, such as lemon drops or peppermint to decrease bitter or bad tastes in your mouth.

Synonyms

sweet, lozenge, pastille, piece of confectionery;

chocolate, bonbon, fondant, toffee;

North American candy

5 (also drop earring) An earring that hangs down from the earlobe: she kept her look classic with satin pumps, swept-back hair, and silver drop earrings simple amethyst and diamond drops...

Her short dark blond hair was curled around a simple Russian tiara with matching diamond drop earrings.
There were freshwater pearl drop earrings and a matching five-stringed pearl choker, framed in delicate rose gold.
I ended up wearing a blue satin dress and pearl drop earrings.

6A section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies; a drop cloth or drop curtain.Judd's sets consisted of green and blue upstage drops that moved through a number of positions but did not further encroach on the open space of the stage....

Specialty weddings can be held on stage with elaborate drops and lighting.
There are also major costs associated with rehabilitating the beautiful drops that the theatre owns.

7A trapdoor on a gallows, the opening of which causes the prisoner to fall and thus be hanged: warders, standing on planks, invariably flanked the prisoners on the drop...

Once placed on the drop of the gallows Baird addressed the silent crowd.
Once assembled on the drop, the hangman, probably Edward Dennis, put the nooses round their necks while they prayed with the Ordinary.
Smith the Hangman placed him in the centre of the drop.

7.1 (the drop) Execution by hanging.Some, who might have come miles to see ‘the drop’, were determined to have a good time - almost as though it was a holiday or they had gone to a carnival....

A large number of men and women sentenced to the drop had their sentences commuted by the Home Secretary.

Synonyms

hanging, gibbeting;

execution, capital punishment, death sentence/penalty

informal stringing up

Phrases

at the drop of a hat

drop one's aitches

drop asleep

drop the ball

drop a brick

drop a curtsy

drop dead

drop a (or the) dime on

drop one's guard

drop a hint (or drop hints)

a drop in the ocean (or bucket)

drop someone a line

drop names

drop one's serve

drop a stitch

drop one's trousers

have the drop on

have had a drop too much

Phrasal verbs

drop back/behind

drop by/in

drop into

drop off

drop out

Derivatives

droppable

adjective ...

With the amount of money office workers spend on their cars alone, a couple thousand dollars more for a droppable, dishwasher-safe laptop is a no-brainer bargain in total cost of ownership.
To expedite the shipment of fuel, 200 liter containers were prepared at some depots in advance, and droppable fuel tanks were prepared in the event that fuel would have to be air-lifted.
We worked fast, but the droppable radio didn't work.

Origin

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

In the course of its history people have dropped all sorts of things: bombs, names, aitches, goals, LSD, hints, stitches, and more. Since the 1940s they have been dropping clangers, although the slightly less obtrusive brick has also been let slip since the 1920s. To drop a clanger is ‘to make an embarrassing mistake or tactless remark’. Clangers only turn up in this phrase, but presumably they are things that make a very loud noise on hitting the ground and so draw immediate attention to the person responsible for dropping them.

单词	drop
释义	drop /drɒp / verb (drops, dropping, dropped) [with object] 1Let or make (something) fall vertically: the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette they dropped bombs on Caen during the raid... The fire had started when she fell asleep and dropped her cigarette. Investigations by police and fire officers concluded that one of them had fallen asleep and dropped a lit cigarette end. He drops the phone and falls back to the floor, shaking. Synonyms let fall, let go (of), fail to hold, lose one's grip on; release, unhand, relinquish put, place, rest, deposit, set, set down, lay, leave, settle, shove, stick, position, station informal pop, plonk 1.1Deliver (supplies or troops) by parachute: the airlift dropped food into the camp... Only on rare occasions would an entire Brigade be dropped for an assault upon one objective. The Germans have to fly increasingly further with fewer aircraft and landing fields to drop supplies. We dropped the Parachute Regiment into Arnhem and also towed gliders over. 1.2 Rugby Score (a goal) by a drop kick: (as adjective dropped) Botha responded with a superb dropped goal... England have had a hard time of it since Wilkinson dropped the goal which won them the World Cup in Sydney in November. A rare Hull breakaway five minutes from time set up the position for Richard Whiting to drop a crucial field goal. The second half saw Bolton under the cosh as Heaton Moor scored a second try and their stand off dropped a goal from 50 metres to level the scores. 1.3(Of an animal) give birth to (young).They were four hours east of Sterling, when Fly dropped her first pup.... This species of hartebeest has its young in the late dry season, some antelope prefer to drop their young during the first rains. She dropped her first litter of pups in September of 2003. 1.4 informal Take (a drug, especially LSD) orally: he dropped a lot of acid in the Sixties... Before I had dropped LSD for the first time, I didn't understand the neck thing. Ellis would frequently drop acid on off days and weekends. The notorious acid flashback (where a person will trip out long after the last time they dropped a tab) happens when the body uses some of these fat reserves, thus releasing L.S.D. into the bloodstream. 2 [no object and usually with adverbial] Fall vertically: the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand... Sebastian's subsequent survival was another aerial spectacle as his boat dropped vertically to the stage in stormy lighting. My spoon dropped clumsily from my hand. A thrust and twist through its chest, and it fell limp, the daggers clattering as they dropped from its hands. Synonyms drip, fall in drops, fall, dribble, trickle, drizzle, flow, run, plop, leak fall, come/go down, descend, sink; plunge, plummet, dive, nosedive, tumble, pitch, slump 2.1(Of a person) allow oneself to fall; let oneself down without jumping: they escaped by climbing out of the window and dropping to the ground... The crews grabbed them from the first floor of their terraced home in Prestwich after the family dropped on to the roof of their bay windows. Wordlessly, she stands up and, doesn't drop, but jumps off going further than she should. I jumped, or dropped, whichever sounds more dignified, off the pipe. 2.2(Of a person or animal) sink to or towards the ground: he dropped to his knees in the mud... Then its head sunk down and the beast simply dropped to the ground, fast asleep. At the shot, the buck dropped to the ground but was up again moving away with no flash of the white tail to be seen. James groaned from the ground and Andy dropped to her knees to help him. Synonyms fall, sink, collapse, descend, go down, slide, stumble, tumble 2.3 informal Collapse or die from exhaustion: he looked ready to drop... It was nearly three in the morning and he looked ready to drop from exhaustion. I was exhausted and ready to drop before the day was even half over but there was no way in hell I was going to give Annie the satisfaction of seeing me like that. It looked like you were ready to drop after a couple of hours there, Brooke. Synonyms collapse, faint, pass out, black out, swoon, lose consciousness, fall unconscious, keel over, fall/sink down informal flake out, conk out, go out 2.4(Of ground) slope steeply down: the land drops away to the river... In front the land dropped steeply away to the desert. A couple of hundred yards from where the trees stopped, the ground dropped away in a sheer cliff. The ground dropped away from the far edge of the trail to a spectacular view of the canyon and the mountains beyond. Synonyms slope downwards, slope, slant downwards, descend, go down, decline, fall away, sink, dip 3Make or become lower, weaker, or less: [with object]: he dropped his voice as she came into the room [no object]: pre-tax profits dropped by 37 per cent tourism has dropped off* in the last few years... Energy demand might not drop much unless the price of energy doubled. In addition, predictions that housing prices would drop began appearing in the local media. Furious investors frantically sold their shares, causing the share price to drop 54 per cent in one day. Synonyms decrease, lessen, make less, reduce, diminish, depreciate; fall, decline, become less, dwindle, sink, slump, slacken off, plunge, plummet 4Abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study): the charges against him were dropped last year... ‘The thing about studying here is that you have to be able to drop everything in a second,’ she explains. ‘Angie has dropped everything for me and running the charity has changed both our lives,’ she said. Should one drop everything to answer the phone? Synonyms give up, finish with, withdraw from, retire from, cancel; discontinue, end, stop, cease, halt, terminate; abandon, forgo, relinquish, dispense with, have done with, throw up informal* pack in, quit, cry off 4.1Discard or exclude (someone or something): they were dropped from the team in the reshuffle... He was dropped from the test team in January 2002 and has received just one chance since. Both photos were going into the article but one had to be dropped due to space and that is when the caption mix-up happened. Freddie and his board were about to drop him when he quit. Synonyms exclude, discard, expel, oust, throw out, leave out, get rid of; dismiss, discharge, let go informal boot out, kick out, chuck out, turf out 4.2 informal Stop associating with: I was under pressure from family and friends to drop Barbara... Alex discovered why he has been dropped as a friend and a lover by Benny. You drop all of your friends and family, you disappear for months at a time, and you're rude as hell when you finally do resurface! I think you should just drop her. Synonyms abandon, desert, throw over; repudiate, renounce, disown, disclaim, disavow, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of; discard, reject, give up, cast off; neglect, shun British informal give someone the push, give someone the elbow, give someone the big E, bin off North American informal give someone the air archaic forsake 5Set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else: he dropped* the load off at a dealer’s* his mum dropped him outside and drove off to work... The driver dropped his passengers outside the Tib Street café before parking the vehicle on Dorsey Street. The cab dropped her off outside of her apartment and she walked, with some difficulty, to the front door. He dropped her off outside her apartment building, pressing the flowers into her hand. 5.1 [with object and adverbial] Put or leave in a particular place without ceremony or formality: just drop it in the post when you’ve got time... At lunchtime I went down town and dropped the Bach score in on James. Once you have completed the questionnaire drop it in to me at the clinic and make an appointment to discuss the results. Mel and I head to the mall to shop for Daz's birthday present and then drop it round to the flat. Synonyms deliver, bring, take, convey, carry, transport; leave, put off, unload; allow to alight 5.2Mention in passing, typically in order to impress: she dropped a remark about having been included in the selection... No surprise Susan fell for Andrew from the start, and yes, she'd picked up on the marriage hints he'd casually dropped along the way. That doesn't stop him from dropping the usual snide comments. The writer / actor enjoys dropping names, making fancy comparisons, and expressing intellectualized insights. Synonyms mention, refer to, speak of, hint at; bring up, raise, broach, introduce; show off 5.3British informal (Of a DJ) select and play (a record): various guest DJs drop quality tunes both old and new... As we waited for the start of the race, Wallace dropped Snoop Dogg rhymes, Nelly rhymes and Aerosmith rhymes. Gone are the days when a DJ dropped all sorts in his sets. He was talked into dropping some tunes for the late-night crowd. 5.4 informal Release (a musical recording).With the album ready to drop, we caught up with the musician to talk bass, beats and… Love!... At age 25, she had a deal with Warner and a major-label debut ready to drop. Instead, he drops Lost And Found, a record that brims with pride and purpose. 6(In sport) fail to win (a point or a match): the club have yet to drop a point in the Second Division... The Chinese have yet to drop a match and have only conceded two goals while Germany started well before going through a dry patch during the pool phase. United could ill afford to drop a point in the championship race but after Paul Scholes slammed them into a 15th minute lead that possibility was never on the agenda. The visitors were yet to drop any points, conceding only one goal in their five games prior to the Leigh match. Synonyms lose, fail to win, concede, miss out on, give away, let slip 6.1 informal Lose (money) through gambling: he reckoned I’d dropped forty thousand pounds... Before you step into a studio and drop your hard earned money, here are a few questions you may want to ask yourself beforehand. I have dropped 10000 dollars so far. Three Saudi Arabian princes dropped more than $6 million on the roulette wheel at the Monte Carlo Casino. 7 Bridge Force or 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: East drops the 10 on the second round... Face cards are dropped on face cards or aces of the same color. The 3 of diamonds, the lowest card in the deck now becomes the start card if you dropped the two cards I suggested. Alternatively you need the jack with enough cards in your trump suit that you can reasonably hope to drop the 9 when you lead your jack. noun 1A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface: the first drops of* rain splashed on the ground... By the time we finished walking round the projects, it was dark and the first drops of rain were beginning to fall. We had dinner with Anne, Will, Jane, Liz and Bill on Friday evening and a few drops of rain fell. We topped the pass as the first drops of rain fell, and then beat the storm in a reckless 20 kilometres downhill dash. Synonyms droplet, blob, globule, bead, bubble, tear, dot, spheroid, oval informal* glob 1.1 [often with negative] A very small amount of liquid: there was not a drop of water in sight... It was true when we were taught to save every grain and every drop of water. A £40 million pipeline has never carried a drop of water since it was built in North Yorkshire more than seven years ago. He explains how precious every drop of water is in their lives. Synonyms small amount, little, bit, dash, spot, soupçon; dribble, driblet, sprinkle, trickle, splash, scintilla; lick, taste, dram, sip, trace, whiff, whisper, nuance, murmur, breath; pinch, dab, speck, grain, smattering, sprinkling; particle, modicum informal smidgen, tad 1.2 [usually with negative] A small drink of spirits: he doesn’t touch a drop during the week... You have lost that disturbed look on your face and without drinking a drop of this delicious brandy I've brought for you. He has not touched a drop of drink for three years. I haven't touched a drop of liquor since, and promptly gave away all of my cigarettes to friends on New Year's Day. 1.3 (drops) Liquid medication to be measured or applied in very small amounts: eye drops... Your child's doctor will give you antibiotic ointment or drops along with specific instructions on how to care for your child. Pink eye is usually treated with antibiotic drops or ointment. Bacterial conjunctivitis can be treated with antibiotic eye drops or ointment, which can only be obtained with a prescription from your doctor. 2 [usually in singular] An instance of falling or dropping: they left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain... Suddenly, the ship halted with the drop of the anchor. The crowd of spectators sat on the edges of their seats, waiting with bated breath for the drop of the violet flag. The sale is binding upon both seller and buyer at the drop of the hammer. 2.1An act of dropping supplies or troops by parachute: the planes finally managed to make the drop... The council offered to arrange for a helicopter drop of supplies. One of the most obvious lessons Stirling learned was that a parachute drop could be a disaster. There was, however, no way of contacting them and arranging for a parachute drop. 2.2A fall in amount, quality, or rate: a significant drop in* consumer spending... While, in comparison to last summer, the employment rate has taken a slight drop, the numbers are by no means a bad omen. The drop was largely due to changes in conversion rates. This corresponds to a drop from an annual gross emigration rate of 14.8 percent to 3.7 percent of the population. Synonyms decrease, reduction, decline, lowering, lessening, falling off, fall-off, downturn, slump; cut, cutback, curtailment, diminution; depreciation, devaluation; North American* downtick 2.3An abrupt or steep fall or slope: a sheer 1,500-foot drop... I peeked at my surroundings every minute or so, which is why my heart fell into my stomach at the sight of the steep drop. The second mile is a huge drop into Brooklyn, and by about halfway, in the borough of Queens, 12 flat miles are followed by a climb, a drop and another steep climb. But get to the top and gaze over Callander, and you soon realise how steep the drop is: you have climbed higher than 1,000 ft. Synonyms cliff, abyss, chasm, gorge, gully, precipice; slope, descent, incline, declivity, downslope, ramp 2.4 (the drop) informal The relegation of a sports team to a lower league or division: they only just avoided the drop last season... It wasn't the best of seasons for Coventry as they just avoided the drop to League One, but with a new stadium ready to go on August 20 hopes are high of a renaissance this term. The target was to stay in Division Two and avoid the drop to the Third Division and the ensuing havoc that would cause. At the other end of the table, several big clubs that consider themselves established Premiership sides are in danger of the drop to the Football League Championship. Synonyms relegation, demotion, lowering, reduction, downgrading 2.5 (the drop) Bridge The playing of a high card underneath an opponent’s higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand: do you play for the drop now or finesse the 9?... With nine cards you should play for the drop. He would have gone down had he played for the drop of the spade queen. 3 informal A delivery: I got to the depot and made the drop... The Royal Mail was this morning searching all post to pick out voting papers, to be delivered in special drops or collected by town hall staff. Later the same night, two men dressed in dark-coloured hooded tops and wraparound-style sunglasses confronted the delivery man as he made the drop in Avenue Terrace. Our previous delivery van had to make several drops and then return to the depot. 3.1US A letter box. 3.2A hiding place for stolen, illicit, or secret things: the lavatory’s water cistern could be used as a letter drop... After the coup, he ran a newspaper stand, which functioned as a letter drop for the clandestine Communist Party. Our requests were usually met, although there were occasional adjustments in types of weapons sent and frequent changes in time or locations of drops. On the plus side, it does enable you to act out your John Le Carre Cold War fantasies with no shortage of dead letter drops and darkened doorways from which to covertly observe the locals. 4 [usually with modifier] A small, round sweet or lozenge: a chocolate drop... His wearying recourse to the one-liner is the literary equivalent of tossing choc drops to the reader. Dogs with a sweet tooth can fulfil their wish through chocolate milk drops which are safe as they contain minimal amount of cocoa which vets say is harmful to dogs. Suck on hard candy, such as lemon drops or peppermint to decrease bitter or bad tastes in your mouth. Synonyms sweet, lozenge, pastille, piece of confectionery; chocolate, bonbon, fondant, toffee; North American candy 5 (also drop earring) An earring that hangs down from the earlobe: she kept her look classic with satin pumps, swept-back hair, and silver drop earrings simple amethyst and diamond drops... Her short dark blond hair was curled around a simple Russian tiara with matching diamond drop earrings. There were freshwater pearl drop earrings and a matching five-stringed pearl choker, framed in delicate rose gold. I ended up wearing a blue satin dress and pearl drop earrings. 6A section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies; a drop cloth or drop curtain.Judd's sets consisted of green and blue upstage drops that moved through a number of positions but did not further encroach on the open space of the stage.... Specialty weddings can be held on stage with elaborate drops and lighting. There are also major costs associated with rehabilitating the beautiful drops that the theatre owns. 7A trapdoor on a gallows, the opening of which causes the prisoner to fall and thus be hanged: warders, standing on planks, invariably flanked the prisoners on the drop... Once placed on the drop of the gallows Baird addressed the silent crowd. Once assembled on the drop, the hangman, probably Edward Dennis, put the nooses round their necks while they prayed with the Ordinary. Smith the Hangman placed him in the centre of the drop. 7.1 (the drop) Execution by hanging.Some, who might have come miles to see ‘the drop’, were determined to have a good time - almost as though it was a holiday or they had gone to a carnival.... A large number of men and women sentenced to the drop had their sentences commuted by the Home Secretary. Synonyms hanging, gibbeting; execution, capital punishment, death sentence/penalty informal stringing up Phrases at the drop of a hat drop one's aitches drop asleep drop the ball drop a brick drop a curtsy drop dead drop a (or the) dime on drop one's guard drop a hint (or drop hints) a drop in the ocean (or bucket) drop someone a line drop names drop one's serve drop a stitch drop one's trousers have the drop on have had a drop too much Phrasal verbs drop back/behind drop by/in drop into drop off drop out Derivatives droppable adjective ... With the amount of money office workers spend on their cars alone, a couple thousand dollars more for a droppable, dishwasher-safe laptop is a no-brainer bargain in total cost of ownership. To expedite the shipment of fuel, 200 liter containers were prepared at some depots in advance, and droppable fuel tanks were prepared in the event that fuel would have to be air-lifted. We worked fast, but the droppable radio didn't work. Origin Old English dropa (noun), droppian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Tropfen 'a drop', tropfen 'to drip', also to drip and droop. In the course of its history people have dropped all sorts of things: bombs, names, aitches, goals, LSD, hints, stitches, and more. Since the 1940s they have been dropping clangers, although the slightly less obtrusive brick has also been let slip since the 1920s. To drop a clanger is ‘to make an embarrassing mistake or tactless remark’. Clangers only turn up in this phrase, but presumably they are things that make a very loud noise on hitting the ground and so draw immediate attention to the person responsible for dropping them. Rhymes atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop
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