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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
  • American football A dropped pass.
  • American football Short for drop-back or drop back.
  • An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute.
  • A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point.
  • A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
  • A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
  • British a small amount of an alcoholic beverage; or when used with the definite article ('''the drop'''), alcoholic spirits in general.
  • ''In a woman'', the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; ''in a man'', the difference between chest circumference and waist circumference.
  • Ireland A single measure of whisky.
  • The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
  • online gaming Any item dropped by defeated enemies.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To fall.
  • music|AAVE To enter public distribution.
  • intransitive To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
  • intransitive To lower oneself quickly to the ground.
  • debate To fail to respond to (an argument).
  • ergative To allow to fall, either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on.
  • linguistics To fail to pronounce.
  • music|AAVE To release to the public.
  • slang To impart.
  • slang To spend (money).
  • slang To swallow, as in ingesting a hallucinogen, particularly LSD.
  • transitive To cease concerning oneself over; to stop discussing with someone.
  • transitive To express or utter casually or incidentally; to casually mention, usually in conversation, sometimes to give an impression of knowledge, ownership, membership, notoriety, or status. ''See also'' '''name-drop'''.
  • transitive To get rid of; to eject; to remove; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
  • transitive To kill, usually by gunshot, especially in reference to big game hunting; '''or''', sometimes, to knock down; to render unconscious.
  • transitive To write and send (as a letter or message). ''See also '''drop (someone) a line'''.

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