drop

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a central depository where things can be left or picked up

   Leave the load at the normal drop.

2. 2
   noun

   a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies

   Someone should iron the drop.

3. 3
   noun

   a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

   There was a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index.

4. 4
   noun

   a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

   It was a miracle that they survived the drop from that height.

5. 5
   noun

   a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods, such as drugs or stolen property

   They gave me the location and time for the drop.

6. 6
   noun

   a steep high face of rock

   There is a huge drop over there.

7. 7
   noun

   a small indefinite quantity, especially of a liquid

   I added a drop of milk to my tea.

8. 8
   noun

   a shape that is spherical and small

   I studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *dropōn Old English dropian Middle English droppen Proto-Indo-European *dʰrbʰ-néh₂- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- Proto-Germanic *dreupaną Proto-Germanic *druppōną Proto-Germanic *drupô Proto-West Germanic *dropō Old English dropa ▲ Middle English droppen Middle English drope ▲ Middle English droppen Middle English droppe English drop From Late Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots…