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ALL meanings of drop

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  • noun drop (Rugby football) A drop-kick. 0
  • noun drop In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference. 0
  • noun drop (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies. 0
  • noun drop (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known as the highlight or climax. 0
  • noun drop (US, banking, dated) an unsolicited credit card issue. 0
  • noun drop The vertical length of a hanging curtain. 0
  • noun drop That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc. 0
  • noun drop (architecture) A gutta. 0
  • noun drop A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc. 0
  • noun drop (Slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging. 0
  • noun drop A drop press or drop hammer. 0
  • noun drop (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. 0
  • noun drop (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) To fall in droplets (of a liquid). 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) To drip (a liquid). 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) Generally, to fall (straight down). 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) (ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) OBS To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) To sink quickly to the ground. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) To fall dead, or to fall in death. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) SLA To part with or spend (money). 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.). 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message). 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) (linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.). 0
  • verb drop (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman being out. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) SLA To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) to dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) to eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list. 0
  • verb drop (Rugby football) To score. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) SLA To impart. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) (music, colloquial) To release to the public. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) (music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) (music, colloquial) To enter public distribution. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) (music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course. 0
  • verb drop (Transitive Verb) (fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) (of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) (of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality. 0
  • verb drop (Intransitive Verb) (of people) To visit informally; used with in or by. 0
  • verb drop To give birth to. 0
  • verb drop To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. 0
  • verb drop (Slang) (of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty. 0
  • verb drop If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less. 0
  • verb drop Drop is also a noun. 0
  • verb drop If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall. 0
  • verb drop If something drops onto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something drops from somewhere, it falls from that place. 0
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