<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.</li><li>The steam condensed and formed drops of water on the window.</li><li>the quantity contained in a globule or bead of liquid that forms or falls.</li><li>The instructions say to place two drops of iodine on the piece of potato.</li><li>a very small quantity of liquid compared to a standard or typical portion.</li><li>I'll have a little more tea, just a drop.</li><li>a minute quantity of anything: not even a drop of mercy.</li><li>Usually drops.</li><li>liquid medicine given in a dose or form of globules from a medicine dropper.</li><li>a solution for dilating the pupils of the eyes, administered to the eyes in globules by a medicine dropper.</li><li>a limited amount of an alcoholic beverage: He occasionally takes a drop after dinner.</li><li>an act or instance of dropping; fall; descent.</li><li>the distance or depth to which anything drops: a ten-foot drop to the ground.</li><li>a steep slope: a short drop to the lake.</li><li>a decline in amount, degree, quality, value, etc.: a drop in prices.</li><li>a small, usually spherical, piece of candy; lozenge: a lemon drop.</li><li>a central depository where items are left or transmitted: a mail drop.</li><li>a predestined 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.</li><li>something resembling or likened to a liquid globule, as certain ornaments, a spherical earring, etc.</li><li>a pendant.</li><li>a descent by parachute.</li><li>an instance of dropping supplies by parachute or an amount of supplies so dropped.</li><li>something that drops or is used for dropping.</li><li>a group of persons dropped by parachute, as the personnel dropped by parachute during one military action.</li><li>Theater. drop curtain (def).</li><li>drop scene (def).</li><li>trapdoor (def).</li><li>a gallows.</li><li>a slit or opening into which something can be dropped, as in a mailbox.</li><li>(in a casino) the income from the sale of chips.</li><li>Informal. music, software, sneakers, or other highly anticipated consumer products newly released to the public, or the release itself of such an item: We don’t know for certain why the drop was postponed.</li><li>Her latest music video drop created a lot of buzz.</li><li>(in a video game) an item acquired by a player character from a defeated nonplayer character: The mobs in this zone have pretty mediocre drops.</li><li>Informal. (in EDM and other dance music) Also called beat drop.</li><li>a point of release in a song when, after a buildup of tension during which pitch and pace increase and the bass diminishes or disappears, the bass beat resumes.</li><li>a climactic section of a song which begins with the resumption of the bass beat after a buildup section during which the bass has receded or diminished.</li><li>a small flag, usually of enameled metal, that is a visual indicator in an annunciator or other device meant to signal or alert.</li><li>Furniture. an applied ornament resembling a pendant.</li><li>Architecture. gutta (def 2).</li><li>Nautical. the vertical dimension amidships of any sail that is bent to a standing yard. Compare hoist (def 6a).</li><li>Also called drop panel. (in reinforced-concrete-slab construction) a thickened portion of the ceiling around a column head.</li><li>Horology. the free motion of an escape wheel between successive checks by the pallet.</li><li>the newborn young of an animal.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object), dropped or (Archaic) dropt, drop·ping.</li><li>to fall in globules or small portions, as water or other liquid: Rain drops from the clouds.</li><li>to fall vertically; have an abrupt descent.</li><li>to sink or fall to the ground, floor, or bottom as if inanimate.</li><li>to fall lower in condition, degree, value, etc.; diminish or lessen; sink: The prices dropped sharply.</li><li>to come to an end; cease; lapse: There the matter dropped.</li><li>to fall or move to a position that is lower, farther back, inferior, etc.: to drop back in line; to drop to the rear.</li><li>to withdraw; quit (often followed by out or from): to drop out of a race; to drop from a game.</li><li>to pass or enter without effort into some condition, activity, or the like: to drop into a habit.</li><li>to drop into sleep; to drop into a habit.</li><li>to make an unexpected or unannounced stop at a place; pay an informal visit or call (usually followed by in, by, or over): Since we're in the neighborhood, why don't we drop in at my brother's?</li><li>to cease to appear or be seen; vanish: to drop from sight or notice.</li><li>to fall wounded, dead, etc.: A thousand men dropped in the battle.</li><li>to squat or crouch, as a dog at the sight of game.</li><li>to move gently, as carried by the tide or a light wind (usually followed by down).</li><li>Informal. (of consumer products) to be released to the public, sometimes at an announced time or as a limited edition to stoke interest; launch: New patterns and designs drop every six weeks, ensuring their bamboo baby clothes remain a hot ticket.</li><li>When the app dropped, I decided to give it a test run.</li><li>to let fall in drops or small portions: to drop lemon juice into tea.</li><li>to let or cause to fall.</li><li>to cause or allow to sink to a lower position.</li><li>to cause to decrease in value, amount, quality, etc.; reduce.</li><li>to utter or express casually or incidentally: to drop a hint.</li><li>to write and send: Drop me a note.</li><li>to bring to the ground by a blow or shot.</li><li>to set down or unload, as from a ship, car, etc. (often followed by off): Drop me at the corner.</li><li>to omit (a letter or syllable) in pronunciation or writing: He dropped his h's.</li><li>to lower (the voice) in pitch or loudness.</li><li>to cease to keep up or have to do with: I dropped the subject.</li><li>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.</li><li>to withdraw or cease to pursue: The police dropped the charges against the suspect.</li><li>Sports. to throw, shoot, hit, kick, or roll (a ball, puck, etc.) through or into a basket, hole, or other goal: He dropped the ball through the basket for two points.</li><li>to lose (a game or contest): They dropped two games in a row and were eliminated from the tournament.</li><li>Football. to drop-kick (a ball).</li><li>to score with a drop kick.</li><li>(of animals) to give birth to: The cat dropped a litter of six kittens.</li><li>to parachute (persons, supplies, etc.): The Marines dropped 300 combat troops into the jungle battlefield.</li><li>to lengthen by lowering or letting out: to drop the hem of a skirt.</li><li>to lower (the wheels) into position for landing an airplane.</li><li>Informal. to release (music, software, sneakers, etc.) to the public; launch: She dropped her second album in October.</li><li>Informal. to spend or lose (money) in an extravagant or wasteful way: He thought nothing of dropping $100 on a tie.</li><li>Slang. to take (especially an illicit drug) by swallowing; ingest: Did you know that your uncle dropped acid in college?</li><li>Nautical. to pass out of sight of; outdistance.</li><li>Cooking. to poach (an egg).</li><li>verb phrase to withdraw from being a member or participant: to drop out of a club; to drop out of society and become a wanderer.</li><li>to stop attending school or college.</li><li>to fall short of the required pace or progress: Her long illness caused her to drop behind the rest of the class.</li><li>to fall asleep.</li><li>to decrease; decline: Sales have dropped off drastically.</li></ul>