Definition of drop

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• drop is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• drop is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• drop is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of drop

• a shape that is spherical and small (noun)

  Examples

  1. he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops

  Synonyms

  1. bead
  2. pearl
• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave (verb)

  Examples

  1. drop off the passengers at the hotel

  Synonyms

  1. discharge
  2. drop off
  3. put down
  4. set down
  5. unload
• grow worse (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. degenerate
  2. deteriorate
  3. devolve
• fall or descend to a lower place or level (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. drop down
  2. sink
• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity (noun)

  Examples

  1. a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index
  2. there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery

  Synonyms

  1. dip
  2. fall
  3. free fall
• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity (noun)

  Examples

  1. it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height

  Synonyms

  1. fall
• let or cause to fall in drops (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. dribble
  2. drip
• stop associating with (verb)

  Examples

  1. They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock

  Synonyms

  1. dismiss
  2. send away
  3. send packing
• pay out (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. expend
  2. spend
• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he had a drop too much to drink
  2. a drop of each sample was analyzed
  3. there is not a drop of pity in that man

  Synonyms

  1. drib
  2. driblet
• get rid of (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. cast
  2. cast off
  3. shake off
  4. shed
  5. throw
  6. throw away
  7. throw off
• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. cut down
  2. fell
  3. strike down
• hang freely (verb)

  Examples

  1. The light dropped from the ceiling

  Synonyms

  1. dangle
  2. swing
• a steep high face of rock (noun)

  Examples

  1. a steep drop

  Synonyms

  1. cliff
  2. drop-off
• stop pursuing or acting (verb)

  Examples

  1. drop a lawsuit

  Synonyms

  1. knock off
• leave undone or leave out (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. leave out
  2. miss
  3. neglect
  4. omit
  5. overleap
  6. overlook
  7. pretermit
• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. drop cloth
  2. drop curtain
• lower the pitch of (musical notes) (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. flatten
• a central depository where things can be left or picked up (noun)
• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) (noun)
• change from one level to another (verb)

  Examples

  1. She dropped into army jargon
• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death (verb)

  Examples

  1. shop til you drop
• give birth; used for animals (verb)

  Examples

  1. The cow dropped her calf this morning
• go down in value (verb)

  Examples

  1. Stock prices dropped
• let fall to the ground (verb)

  Examples

  1. Don't drop the dishes
• lose (a game) (verb)

  Examples

  1. The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13
• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing (verb)

  Examples

  1. New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's
• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth (verb)

  Examples

  1. She dropped acid when she was a teenager
• terminate an association with (verb)

  Examples

  1. drop him from the Republican ticket
• the act of dropping something (noun)

  Examples

  1. they expected the drop would be successful
• to fall vertically (verb)

  Examples

  1. the bombs are dropping on enemy targets
• utter with seeming casualness (verb)

  Examples

  1. drop a hint
  2. drop names

See definition of drop in Merriam Webster