drop in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
drop in Kashmiri कॉशुर
drop in Malayalam മലയാളം
drop in Marathi मराठी
drop in English
- drop⇄adj. droplike.
- drop⇄dead letter box ordrop
a place for depositing secret messages and other material without having to come in direct contact with the recipient.
Ex. [The spy] had been collecting intelligence material and dispatching it to his masters--either by - drop⇄drop, noun, verb, droppedordropt,dropping.
- drop⇄expr. at the drop of a hat,
a. when a signal is given.
Ex. A well-trained dog responds at the drop of a hat.
b. at once; willingly.
Ex. [He] will deliver homilies on the Street at the drop of a hat (New Yorker). - drop⇄expr. drop a brick, See under brick.
- drop⇄expr. drop back, to go toward the rear; retreat.
Ex. The troops dropped back in alarm when they saw the enemy tanks advancing toward them. - drop⇄expr. drop behind, to lose ground; fall behind.
Ex. Two of the marchers dropped behind so far that the others had to stop and wait for them to catch up. - drop⇄expr. drop by, to come in or call casually or unexpectedly; pay a casual visit.
Ex. We dropped by the Institute on Manhattan's 66th Street, a fine old town house (Saturday Review). - drop⇄expr. drop in the bucket, a very small amount compared to the rest.
Ex. From the general impression of railway finances ... it looks more and more as if cash actually paid through the booking-office window is a mere drop in the bucket (Punch). - drop⇄expr. drop in, to come in casually or unexpectedly; drop by.
Ex. My neighbor dropped in for a chat. - drop⇄expr. drop off,
a. to go away; disappear.
Ex. She dropped off into the shadows.
b. to go to sleep.
Ex. Whenever they saw me dropping off, [they] woke me up (Dickens).
c. to become less; fall; sink.
Ex. The membershi - drop⇄expr. drop out,
a. to leave school or college before completing a course or a term; become a dropout.
Ex. The first stage ... [is] catching the children still in school but likely to drop out (Maclean's).
b. to withdraw from conventio - drop⇄expr. drops, liquid medicine given in drops.
Ex. nose drops, eye drops. Here, Betty, let me take my drops (Jonathan Swift). - drop⇄expr. get (or have) the drop on, (Slang.)
a. to point a gun at (a person) before he can point his gun at you.
Ex. Robles got the ""drop"" on his captors, and relieved three of them of their pistols (Newsweek).
b. to get or have an adv - drop⇄noun 1. a small amount of liquid in a somewhat round shape.
Ex. a drop of rain, a drop of blood.
(SYN) globule.
2a. a very small amount of liquid.
Ex. Take a few drops of this medicine.
b. minim.
3. (Figurative.) a - drop⇄v.i. 1. to fall in very small amounts.
2. to take a sudden fall; fall suddenly.
Ex. The acrobat dropped from the high rope into the net below. The price of sugar will drop soon. The patient's temperature dropped overnight.
3. to fall. - drop⇄v.t. 1. to let fall in drops.
(SYN) drip.
2. to let fall suddenly.
Ex. He dropped his package.
3. to cause to fall.
Ex. He dropped his opponent in the first round.
4. to cause to fall dead; kill.
Ex. The hero