n. 1 globule, bead, drip, droplet, tear A drop of sweat hung from his nose 2 bit, spot, particle, taste, dram, sip, nip, pinch, dash, dab, Colloq smidgen or smidgin Add a drop of milk before kneading the dough 3 descent, fall There was a sheer drop of a thousand feet from the ledge into the chasm below 4 decline, slope, fall-off, drop-off, declivity, incline The drop is about 15 feet in 100
v. 5 drip, trickle, dribble As the water drops, filling the tube, the float rises 6 fall, descend, sink, drop away or down or off, dive, plunge, plummet, decline, collapse The barometer dropped 10 millibars in 10 minutes Near that rock, the road drops to the beach. At the first shot, we dropped to the ground. 7 desert, forsake, give up, abandon, leave, quit, throw over, jilt, discard, reject, repudiate, renounce, Colloq chuck, ditch, dump; relinquish, let go, discontinue, stop, cease, end After what he said, she dropped him like a hot potato I wish you'd drop the subject of my disability. 8 release, let go of, shed, cast off, discard, doff Deciduous trees drop their leaves in winter 9 omit, leave out, exclude, eliminate To avoid confusion with his father, he dropped his middle initial 10 dismiss, let go, fire, discharge, oust, Colloq chiefly Brit sack, give (someone) the sack They dropped her after a week's trial 11 decline, decrease, drop or fall off, diminish, slacken, slack or taper off, subside, lessen Demand for swimsuits drops during the winter 12 drop in (on). visit, call (on), pop in (on), come by, stop in Viola dropped in for tea yesterday 13 drop out. withdraw (from), leave; rusticate, depart, decamp, go away or off, take off, turn off She dropped out of school After winning the award, Crater dropped out and hasn't been seen since.