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dropping

/ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/ /ˈdɹɑpɪŋ/

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To fall in droplets (of a liquid).

Examples :

"The leaky faucet in the kitchen was dropping water onto the counter. "

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To drip (a liquid).

Examples :

"The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer."

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Generally, to fall (straight down).

Examples :

"A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."

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To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).

Examples :

"The child was dropping marbles onto the floor one by one. "

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To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

Examples :

"The leaky faucet was dropping water into the sink all night. "

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To lower; to move to a lower position.

Examples :

"The student is dropping her pencil. "

action position

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To set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping.

Examples :

"Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?"

vehicle action service

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To sink quickly to the ground.

Examples :

"Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!"

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To fall dead, or to fall in death.

Examples :

"The old tree in the park was dropping from disease. "

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To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.

Examples :

""She's dropping her Spanish class because it's too difficult." "

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To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.

Examples :

"The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled."

communication language

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To part with or spend (money).

Examples :

""I'm dropping about $50 on groceries this week." "

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To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).

Examples :

""After realizing the argument was going nowhere, Sarah decided on dropping the topic and changing the subject." "

attitude action communication society

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To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.

Examples :

"The price of gas has been dropping recently, which is good for drivers. "

value condition economy

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To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message) in an offhand manner.

Examples :

"Drop me a note when you get to the city."

communication writing

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To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.

Examples :

"Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!"

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To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).

Examples :

"Cockneys drop their aitches."

language phonetics

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(of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out.

Examples :

"Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball"

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To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.

Examples :

"They had never dropped acid."

mind medicine substance

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To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.

Examples :

"I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée."

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To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.

Examples :

"The teacher dropped John from the science club because he missed too many meetings. "

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To drop out of the betting.

Examples :

""He was doing well, but after losing two hands in a row, he was dropping from the poker game." "

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(rugby football) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.

Examples :

"The fly-half was aiming to gain points but missed, and so instead of kicking the ball through the goal posts, he ended up dropping it behind them. "

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Examples :

"I drop knowledge wherever I go."

communication language

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To release to the public.

Examples :

"That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]."

media communication

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To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.

Examples :

"I love it when he drops his funky beats."

music entertainment

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To enter public distribution.

Examples :

""Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays."

media entertainment business

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To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.

Examples :

"The guitarist was dropping the low E string to D to play a heavier riff. "

music technical

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To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.

Examples :

"Because of low enrollment, the university is dropping the introductory French course next semester. "

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(fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.

Examples :

"Drop a basket of fries."

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(of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.

Examples :

""Michael's voice started dropping in middle school, so he sounded different when he sang." "

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(of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.

Examples :

"My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2."

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(of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.

Examples :

""I'm dropping by my mom's house after work to say hello." "

action communication human society

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To give birth to.

Examples :

"to drop a lamb"

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To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

Examples :

"The artist was dropping paint onto the canvas to create a speckled effect. "

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(of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

Examples :

""The vet explained that the young bull's testicles were starting to be dropping, indicating he was reaching sexual maturity." "

body physiology sex biology human age

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noun

Something dropped.

Examples :

"The heavy rain turned into a light dropping of snow by morning. "

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(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.

Examples :

"a rabbit dropping"

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The act of something that drops or falls.

Examples :

"The constant dropping of leaves in autumn made raking the yard a never-ending chore. "