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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) enPR|dr�p, IPA|/dr�p/, SAMPA|/drQp/
(General American|US) enPR|dr�p, IPA|/dr�p/, SAMPA|/drAp/
audio|en-us-drop.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�p
Etymology 1
OE. dropa.
Noun
Image:2006-01-21 Detaching drop.jpg|thumb|right|A water drop.
en-noun
- A fall.
#: That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn't break any bones.
- The space beyond a boundary into which someone or something could fall.
#: On one side of the road was a 50-meter drop.
- crime A place where items may be left anonymously for others to collect.
#: I left the plans at the drop, like you asked.
- A small mass of liquid, just large enough to fall away of its own weight.
#: Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
- A small, round sweet/piece of candy.
#: Lemon drops are delicious.
- American football A dropped pass
#: Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
- American football Short for drop-back or drop back
#: The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open.
Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "drop"
cough drop
dead drop
dewdrop
drop by
drop dead
drop in
drop kick
droplet
drop off
rel-mid
dropoff, drop-off
drop out
dropout, drop-out
dropper
drop scone
drop shot
one drop
raindrop
teardrop
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Translations
trans-top|fall
Dutch: val m
Finnish: putoaminen
French: chute#French|chute f
German: Fall m, Sturz m
Italian: caduta f
trans-mid
Polish: upadek m
Portuguese: queda
Russian: падение (pad'énije) n
Swedish: fall#Swedish|fall n
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trans-top|space into which someone or something could fall
Finnish: pudotus
German: Abfall m, Absturz m
trans-mid
Polish: spadek m, obniżenie n
Russian: об��в (obrýv) m
Swedish: stup n
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trans-top|place where items may be left
German: der tote Briefkasten m
Polish: zrzut m
trans-mid
Russian: Ñ�айник (tajnÃk) m
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trans-top|small mass of liquid
Czech: kapka f
Dutch: druppel m
Finnish: pisara, tippa
French: goutte f, larme f
German: Tropfen m
Ido: guto
Irish: braon m
Italian: goccia f
trans-mid
Kurdish: dilop, çip, çipik
Polish: kropla f
Russian: капл� (kápl'a) f
Scottish Gaelic: braon m
Slovak: kvapka#Slovak|kvapka f
Slovene: kaplja f
Spanish: gota f
Swedish: droppe c
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trans-top|small, round sweet/piece of candy
Dutch: snoepje, bolletje
German: Bonbon m/n, sour: Drops m sing.
trans-mid
Polish: dropsy m plural
Russian: д�аже (dražé) n, ледене� (l'ed'en'éc) m
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Etymology 2
OE. dropian.
Verb
en-verb|drop|p|ing
- intransitive To fall.
#: A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
- intransitive To fall in value.
#: The stock dropped 1.5% on the news.
- intransitive To lower oneself quickly to the ground.
#: Drop and give me thirty push-ups, Private!
#: If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll.
- context|transitive ergative To allow to fall.
#: Don't drop that plate!
- transitive To get rid of.
#: I dropped 10 pounds and an obnoxious fiance.
- transitive To eject, to remove.
#: I've been dropped from the football team.
- transitive To fail to respond to an argument.
#: The affirmative team dropped our arguments about the cost of the plan.
- context|transitive|slang To ingest a hallucinogen, particularly LSD.
#: They had never dropped acid.
- context|transitive|slang To impart.
#: I drop knowledge wherever I go.
- transitive To fail to pronounce.
#: Cockneys drop their h's.
- transitive To kill.
#: Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!
#*1865, E. Littell, The Living Age, page 613
#*: ...with a single shot he dropped him like a master of the art.
#*1985, The Beastie Boys, Paul Revere
#*: The piano player's out, the music stopped / His boy had beef, and he got dropped...
#*1992, Dan Parkinson, Dust on the Wind, page 164
#*: With a quick clench of the fist on Joey's throat, Bodie dropped him. The man crumpled to the ground...
Translations
trans-top|to fall
Dutch: vallen
Finnish: pudota, tippua
French: tomber
Italian: cadere
trans-mid
Polish: upada�
Russian: пада��/�па��� (pádat'/upást')
Scottish Gaelic: tuit
Slovak: spadnúť
Swedish: falla
Telugu: పడ�, పడిప�వ�
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trans-top|to fall in value
Dutch: dalen
Finnish: pudota
trans-mid
Polish: traci� na warto�ci
Scottish Gaelic: tuit
Swedish: falla
Telugu: పడ�, పడిప�వ�
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trans-top|to lower oneself quickly to the ground
Dutch: (gaan) liggen
Finnish: pudottautua (makuulleen)
trans-mid
Polish: padn��
Scottish Gaelic: crùb
Telugu: పడ�, పడిప�వ�
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trans-top|to allow to fall
Dutch: laten vallen
Finnish: pudottaa
French: laisser tomber
trans-mid
Polish: upuszcza�
Portuguese: largar, deixar cair
Russian: Ñ�онÑ�Ñ�Ñ�/Ñ�Ñ�ониÑ�Ñ� (ron'át'/uronÃt')
Scottish Gaelic: leig à s
Swahili: kuangusha
Swedish: tappa
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trans-top|to get rid of
See get rid of
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trans-top|to eject, remove
Dutch: uitstoten, verwijderen
Finnish: pudottaa
trans-mid
Polish: usuwa�, wyrzuca�, odwo�a�
Russian: вÑ�бÑ�аÑ�Ñ�ваÑ�Ñ�/вÑ�бÑ�оÑ�иÑ�Ñ� (vybrásyvat'/výbrosit'), Ñ�бÑ�аÑ�Ñ�ваÑ�Ñ�/Ñ�бÑ�оÑ�иÑ�Ñ� (sbrásyvat'/sbrósit') weight, вÑ�кидÑ�ваÑ�Ñ�/вÑ�кинÑ�Ñ�Ñ� (vykÃdyvat'/výkinut')
Telugu: త�ల�ి���, వదిలి�����న�
trans-bottom
trans-top|to fail to respond to in an argument
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|slang: to ingest a hallucinogen
trans-mid
Polish: zarzuci�, wrzuci�, zapoda�
Russian: закидÑ�ваÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�/закинÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ� (zakÃdyvat's'a/zakÃnut's'a)
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trans-top|slang: impart
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|fail to pronounce
Dutch: laten vallen
trans-mid
Swedish: tappa
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Dutch
Noun
drop f, m and n; tendency towards using the masculine form mostly both in the Netherlands and Flanders (diminutive'' dropje)
- licorice.
Synonyms
zoethout n
Category:Dutch nouns
French
Pronunciation
IPA|/d��p/, SAMPA|/dROp/
Noun
fr-noun|m
- rugby|lang=fr drop goal
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