drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: drŏp
ipa: /dɹɒp/
enpr: drŏp
ipa: /dɹɑp/
ipa: [dɹɑp]
ipa: [d͡ʒɹɑp]
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: 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 on the skin”) [and other forms], from Old English dropa (“a drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropō (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to crumble, grind”).
Senses: examples: text: Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
text: A circular horizontal surface of indefinite diameter gave a drop of water weighing 2·10 grains. This is therefore the weight of the maximum drop formed on a flat surface, and it will be seen that it very nearly coincides with the weight of the drop formed upon a surface seven-tenths of an inch diameter. The drop in this case is always formed at the centre of the surface, this being the centre of the greatest molecular attraction amongst the liquid particles.
ref: 1864 March, T[homas] Tate, “XXX. On the Magnitude of a Drop of Liquid Formed under Different Circumstances.”, in David Brewster, Robert Kane, William Francis, editors, The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, volume XXVII (4th Series), number 181, London: Taylor and Francis, […]; sold by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green; […], →OCLC, pages 178–179:
synonyms: gt#Noun
gtt#Noun
gutta#Noun
glosses: A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
examples: text: My first treatment consisted of one eye drop in each eye which was supposed to determine the condition of the eye and make it easier to examine them the next day.
ref: 1986, Eugene Tinory, Journey from Ammeah: The Story of a Lebanese Immigrant, Brattleboro, Vt.: Amana Books, →ISBN, page 96:
text: The eye is able to hold only about 20 percent of the amount of fluid in a standard eye drop. Therefore, put only one eye drop in your eye at a time. If you have been instructed to use more than one eye drop, wait about 5 minutes between the drops. This will allow more of the drops to be absorbed and will reduce waste.
ref: 2009, Mark A[llan] Goldstein, Myrna Chandler Goldstein, Larry P. Credit, “Glaucoma [Tipes for Using Eye Drops]”, in Your Best Medicine: From Conventional and Complementary Medicine—Expert-endorsed Therapeutic Solutions to Relieve Symptoms and Speed Healing, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Books, →ISBN, part 2 (The Best Medicine for 81 Common Health Concerns), page 234, column 1:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: gt#Noun
gtt#Noun
gutta#Noun
glosses: A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
examples: text: ear drops    eye drops
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: gt#Noun
gtt#Noun
gutta#Noun
glosses: A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
examples: text: My aunt asked for just a drop more tea.
text: He was thirsty but there wasn’t a drop of water to be found
text: They didn’t show a drop of remorse
text: BAZARIN: Zoya Sergeevna, just a drop more tea, if you would. / ZOYA SERGEEVNA: (pouring tea) Do you want it strong?
ref: 1994, Yvonne Howell, “Introduction”, in Apocalyptic Realism: The Science Fiction of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Russian and East European Studies in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Culture; 1), New York, N.Y.: Peter Lang, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 1:
text: Finally she landed the role, and glory be to God, her best friend Melanie landed the role of Anne's best friend. Not one drop of help did she get from her showbiz parents, who were far too preoccupied with the shape of twenty-four table centre-pieces, […]
ref: 2008, Maureen Lipman, “Bar Mitzvah Joy”, in Past-It Notes, London: Aurum Press, published 2013, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: dash
word: smidgen
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
examples: text: He usually enjoys a drop after dinner.    She won’t touch a drop while she’s on duty.
synonyms: word: dash
word: smidgen
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
examples: text: It doesn’t matter where you’re from, anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.
text: She is rather fond of her drops, and is then particularly good-humoured; it is only when she is getting sober that she is querulous and nervous.
ref: 1834, Peregrine Reedpen [pseudonym], “The Survey Continued. Odds and Ends.”, in Our Town; or, Rough Sketches of Character, Manners, &c. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 61:
synonyms: word: dash
word: smidgen
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
synonyms: word: dash
word: smidgen
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
A single measure of whisky.
glosses: That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
topics: architecture
glosses: That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
examples: text: Drops are another source of juice apple supply. As the pickers pick apples in orchards oriented toward fresh-market or canning apples, apples fall or are accidentally knocked to the ground; these are drops. The only use for drops is juice production.
ref: 1986 June, “Information Obtained in the Investigation”, in Apple Juice: Report to the President on Investigation No. TA-201-59 under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (USITC Publication; 1861), Washington, D.C.: United States International Trade Commission, →OCLC, page A-2:
text: Drops are fruit that has fallen to the ground naturally or that is dropped or knocked off during harvest. Drops have no value except for pressing for juice. While the value of drops is usually minimal, they must be removed from the orchards; otherwise, they attract mice which later in the season, once the apples are gone, gnaw on the roots of apple trees.
ref: 1993, United States Commission on Agricultural Workers, “The Apple Industry in New York and Pennsylvania”, in Case Studies and Research Reports Prepared for the Commission on Agricultural Workers 1989–1993 to Accompany the Report of the Commission: Appendix I, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 387, column 1:
text: But in the fall, when apples are abundant and cheap, I like to make my own [applesauce]. I'll often buy a few bags of "drops" just for this purpose. Drops are apples that have fallen from the trees instead of being picked. They're less expensive since they might have a bruise or two, but otherwise they're fresh nd juicy.
ref: 2002, Ken Haedrich, “Very Apple Apple Pies”, in Apple Pie: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for America’s Favorite Pie, Boston, Mass.: The Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 97, column 1:
text: Biologically based IPM goes further by integrating orchard practices for common gain. Thus, in a second-level IPM orchard, sprays are withheld after June to allow beneficial insect populations to rebuild; summer maggot fly incursions are trapped at the border; drops are removed to limit in-orchard pest pupation; and fall sanitation is used to reduce disease inoculum the following spring.
ref: 2005 October, Michael Phillips, “Growing Apples Locally”, in The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist, revised edition, White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 3:
text: Drops are often considered the same as windfalls, and some people insist that any fruit that has fallen to the ground—no matter for how short a time—should not be used for making cider. […] Drops, on the other hand [unlike windfalls], are fruits that have sat around on the ground for a longer period of time—typically a day or more.
ref: 2009, Ben Watson, Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own, 2nd edition, Woodstock, Vt.: The Countryman Press, →ISBN, page 54, column 1:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
examples: text: Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
A dropped pass.
examples: text: As the prisoners prepared to leave, they had seen Dan and Steve standing together in the breezeway, ‘for all the world like two condemned prisoners on the drop’.
ref: 2003, Ian Jones, Ned Kelly: A Short Life, revised edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Hachette Australia, published 2010, →ISBN:
text: Crook: "I'll find the killers for you, I swear." / Cop: "So why didn't you?" / Crook: "I'm scared of 'em." / Cop: "More than the drop?" / Crook: "Aye. Maybe."
ref: 2015 November 25, Benjamin Ross, Barry Langford, “All the Lost Children” (26:40 from the start), in The Frankenstein Chronicles, season 1, episode 3:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
topics: games
gaming
video-games
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
examples: text: La Cage's upstage drops include two of the St. Tropez harbor (one for the day and another for the night), [... an] ocean drop (used in an Act I dream sequence), and an abstract chandelier drop (used in the second act[…]).
ref: 1983, Theatre Crafts, New York, N.Y.: Theatre Crafts Associates, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 61, column 1:
text: In The Rover, one of these esthetically important elements was the arrangement of the upstage drops. Originally the drop was split into three sections, with obvious and blatant seams between them.
ref: 2007, Michele Fields, Designing The Rover (unpublished M.F.A. dissertation), Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Madison, →OCLC:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A thing which drops or hangs down.
A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
examples: text: That was a long drop, but fortunately I didn’t break any bones.
text: The slope of the terrain, shaped like a funnel, squeezed the growing swell of churning snow into a steep, twisting gorge. It moved in surges, like a roller coaster on a series of drops and high-banked turns.
ref: 2012, John Branch, “Snow fall: The avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2021:
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
synonyms: flop
decline
examples: text: The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch.
text: The spy made the drop, leaving the plans under the tree as arranged.
text: That was how a drug deal went down? […] Karl shook his head and pulled away from the curb, heading for his next drop and feeling distinctly uncomfortable about the mass of cash now keeping the drugs in his bags company.
ref: 2020, Arlana Crane, Mordecai's Ashes:
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
examples: text: 2002 saw the drop of a new album whose title riffed on the many magazine cover stories calling Sum 41's music infectious.
ref: 2004, L. S., “Sum 41”, in Nathan Brackett, Christian Hoard, editors, The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (A Fireside Book), 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 792, column 1:
text: Turned out this was the drop party for popster Effigy's latest release, BeatMeKickMeHoldMe.
ref: 2020 January, Stephen Wright, Processed Cheese, ebook edition, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
A release (of music, a video game, etc).
examples: text: What the first column in the table shows you is how much the casinos won as a percentage of the drop. For example, on the roulette table for every $100 that went into the drop box the casino wonj $22.70 or 22.70%. […] In other words, the drop tells you how many chips were bought at that table, but it doesn't tell you how many bets were made with those chips.
ref: 1996, Steve Bourie, Anthony Curtis [et al.], American Casino Guide, Dania, Fla.: Casino Vacations, published 1997, →ISBN, page 12:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
examples: text: She. Have you ever seen a man hanged?
 He. Yes. Once.
 She. What was it for?
 He. Murder, of course.
 She. Murder. Is that so great a sin after all? I wonder how he felt before the drop fell.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 84:
text: [A]ll those present shared the all-important political connections required to get a ticket to the execution. News reporters, doctors, and members of the juries had prime spots right by the platform, so that they could see the drop and record the time of death.
ref: 2011, Elizabeth Dale, “Justice is Served”, in The Chicago Trunk Murder: Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century, DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 74:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
examples: text: The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
Ellipsis of drop-back.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
Ellipsis of drop target.
qualifier: pinball
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
Ellipsis of drop kick.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
Ellipsis of drop shot.
examples: text: You take off, make the steep drop, hear the white water rumbling behind you and feel the spray on your back.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
topics: banking
business
glosses: An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
An unsolicited credit card issue.
examples: text: The drop in demand for oil resulted in a drop in prices.
text: [T]he volume of money was expected to fluctuate with the volume of business activity so that a drop in business activity would bring a drop in the volume of money outstanding. […] If the volume of money is reduced, it tends to produce a slight drop in demand for all sorts of commodities.
ref: 1935 January 17, Gardiner C[olt] Means, “Appendix L. The Necessity for Supplying the Right Amount of Monetary Medium.”, in Industrial Prices and Their Relative Inflexibility […] (74th Congress, 1st Session; document no. 13), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, paragraphs 5–6, page 37:
synonyms: word: breakdown
word: deterioration
word: dip
word: reduction
word: worsening
word: cut
word: decrement
word: deduction
word: dip
word: drop
word: extract
word: extraction
word: fall
word: lowering
word: reduction
word: shrinkage
glosses: A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
synonyms: word: breakdown
word: deterioration
word: dip
word: reduction
word: worsening
word: cut
word: decrement
word: deduction
word: dip
word: drop
word: extract
word: extraction
word: fall
word: lowering
word: reduction
word: shrinkage
glosses: A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
synonyms: word: breakdown
word: deterioration
word: dip
word: reduction
word: worsening
word: cut
word: decrement
word: deduction
word: dip
word: drop
word: extract
word: extraction
word: fall
word: lowering
word: reduction
word: shrinkage
glosses: A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
examples: text: On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop.
text: An Ananda truck coming down a steep, winding mountain road completely lost its brakes and crashed through a thin guard rail over an almost sheer 1000 foot drop. It was caught and held by a solitary tree that was growing in the one and only spot where it could prevent a certain fatal plunge. No one was even slightly injured.
ref: 1982, John Ball, “Preface”, in Ananda: Where Yoga Lives, Bowling Green, Oh.: Bowling Green University Popular Press, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
glosses: The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
examples: text: A further point is, that the convenience of the ship herself may interfere with the disposition of sails. A high forecastle will shorten the drop of the foresail, and a poop may seriously interfere with the spanker.
ref: 1869, Richard W. Meade, A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding, page 117:
text: Her mainyard was 80 feet long, and her mainsail had a drop of 40 feet.
ref: 1969, Richard Armstrong, The Merchantmen, page 97:
text: Because this natural bulging was not adequate, the sails were deliberately made to round outward by cutting the cloths longer than necessary for the drop of the sail.
ref: 2020, John McKay, Sovereign of the Seas, 1637:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
examples: text: I left the plans at the drop, like you asked.
text: A drop is a place where the stolen property can be stored. It may be a warehouse, an apartment, or a garage. At the drop, a group of persons called loaders remove the merchandise from the truck and store it.
ref: 1973, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business, Criminal Redistribution Systems and Their Economic Impact on Small Business: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, page 811:
glosses: A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
glosses: Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
examples: text: But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM [electronic dance music] accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
ref: 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
text: Just as dubstep has grown in popularity and combined with many different genres, the drop has become a generalized type of which there are many individually varying instances, including dubstep bass-drop. As LA Times critic Randall Roberts notes, even good-girl tween pop idol Taylor Swift uses a drop in her Max-Martin-Produced track “I Knew You Were Trouble.”
ref: 2015, Robin James, Resilience & Melancholy, Zero Books, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
glosses: Licorice in confectionery form.
glosses: An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
examples: text: `Well what about first drop then? Garner will be on by then, I'll smash him all over the park.'
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 177:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
Hyponyms: cough drop
dewdrop
eye-drop
raindrop
teardrop
turkey drop
Derived terms: acid drop
acidulated drop
air-drop
antidrop
a quick drop and a sudden stop
artificial tear drop
a short drop and a sudden stop
at the drop of a hat
backdrop
balloon drop
banner drop
bass drop
beechdrops
black drop
black drop effect
bomb drop
book drop
bottom drop
bun drop
cliffdrop
coal drop
cold drop
dead-drop
dead drop
desk drop
dew drop
dewdrop
doc drop
dom drop
donkey drop
drop at comb
drop attack
drop bar
drop-bear
drop bolt
drop box
drop-box
drop-by
drop-cake
drop cake
drop ceiling
drop crotch
drop-crotch
drop-crotching
drop crotching
drop D
drop-drill
drop fence
drop foot
drop-forged
drop forging
drop frame
dropful
drop-goal
drop grommet
drop gun
drop hammer
drop handlebar
drop in the bucket
drop in the ocean
drop in the pond
drop in the sea
dropkick
drop-knee
dropless
droplet
drop letter
droplight
drop light
droplike
dropline
droplist
drop-lock
drop lock
drop lot
dropmeal
drop neck
dropnet
dropometry
drop pass
drop pod
drop-proof
drop punt
drop-ripe
drop safe
drop-scene
drop seat
dropseed
drop serene
drop-set
drop set
drop shadow
drop-shaft
drop shaft
dropship
dropside
dropsite
drop sleeve
dropsonde
drop-spine
dropstone
drop tank
drop top
droptop
drop tower
drop volley
drop waist
drop weapon
drop window
dropwing
dropwise
dropwisely
dropworm
dropwort
drop yard
drop zone
dropzone
ear drop
eardrop
eavedrop
eavesdrop
egg drop
egg drop syndrome
eye drop
eye-drop
false drop
foot drop
French drop
fruit drop
get the drop on
gravity drop
green drops
gumdrop
hair drop
hard drop
ice drop
jam drop
kneedrop
knee drop
knockout drop
leg drop
line drop
live drop
long drop
maildrop
measured drop
mic drop
microdrop
mint drop
misdrop
multidrop
nanodrop
needle drop
non-drop
olio drop
one-drop
one drop
one-drop rule
outdrop
painted drop tongue
pan drop
pear drop
peppermint drop
pigeon drop
pinedrops
predrop
Prince Rupert drop
Prince Rupert's drop
pro-drop language
Q drop
raindrop
reverse one-drop rule
roll drop
rosedrop
rosy drop
Rupert's drop
service drop
short drop
shoulder drop
slut drop
snowdrop
spice drop
subdrop
summer branch drop
sundrops
sweatdrop
teardrop
thaw-drop
title drop
toe drop
top drop
troach drop
wait for the ball to drop
water drop
waterdrop
wrist drop