EnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsРусский日本語한국어العربيةहिन्दीTürkçe
🔍

Dropped

verb
/dɹɒpt/
Word Frequency: 27.1

Definitions

1.verbTo fall in droplets (of a liquid).
2.verbTo drip (a liquid).
"The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer."
3.verbGenerally, to fall (straight down).
"A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."
4.verbTo let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
"Don't drop that plate!   The police ordered the men to drop their weapons."
5.verbTo let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
6.verbTo lower; to move to a lower position.
7.verbTo set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping.
"Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?"
8.verbTo sink quickly to the ground.
"Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!"
9.verbTo fall dead, or to fall in death.
10.verbTo come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
11.verbTo mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
"The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled."
12.verbTo part with or spend (money).
13.verbTo cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
"I'm tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?"
14.verbTo lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
"The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday.   We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops.   Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then you'll know the reaction is complete."
15.verbTo let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message) in an offhand manner.
"Drop me a note when you get to the city."
16.verbTo make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
"Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!"
17.verbTo fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
"Cockneys drop their aitches."
18.verb(of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out.
"Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball"
19.verbTo swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
"They had never dropped acid."
20.verbTo dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
"I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée."
21.verbTo eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
"I've been dropped from the football team."
22.verbTo drop out of the betting.
23.verb(rugby football) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
24.verbTo impart.
"I drop knowledge wherever I go."
25.verbTo release to the public.
"That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]."
26.verbTo play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
"I love it when he drops his funky beats."
27.verbTo enter public distribution.
""Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays."
28.verbTo tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
29.verbTo cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
"I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldn't go anymore."
30.verb(fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
"Drop a basket of fries."
31.verb(of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
"Billy's voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12."
32.verb(of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
"My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2."
33.verb(of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
"Do drop by soon and I'll lend you that book."
34.verbTo give birth to.
"to drop a lamb"
35.verbTo cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
36.verb(of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

Synonyms

drop offborndowningfalldowndownedfallentopplingshrankshrunkdecreasereduced

Rhymes With

adoptploppedtoppedstoppedchoppedco-opthoppedlopped
🔗 Find words with "dropped" in A2Z Word Finder
The Daily Word NerdA new word, a puzzle, and a fun fact — free in your inbox every morning.
Free forever · unsubscribe anytime · all 14 newsletters
That email did not go through — please check it and try again.