drop
- noun
- /drɑp/
- Every last drop.
- one drop
- a drop of water
- a drop of blood
So now you've got a picture of an oil drop that has autonomy.
- So now you've got a picture of an oil drop that has autonomy.
- If you have one drop of black blood, you're black.
- I ran that shit to the last drop to the bus.
- Yeah, I could have used maybe like another drop of that white foundation.
- One single piece of wood, and it looked like a drop of water rippling out.
- So where does the next drop of glucose come from?
- I don't have to put like more than two drops of foundation on her.
- I like to take a couple of drops of the Drunk Elephant stuff.
- So I got the bronzing face drops, the Bali bronzing foam.
Examples
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Three years and no rain, not a drop.
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I'm going to put a drop of dye over the toothpick.
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Maybe just a drop of the hard stuff.
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Or you can stay here and not touch another drop, not one.
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One of them never drinks a drop in his life.
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You can use just a couple of drops and really it's enough coverage.
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I like to take a couple of drops of the Drunk Elephant stuff.
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OK, you can also put one or two drops of lemon juice or lime juice.
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She hasn't had any food or a drop to drink.
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She added just a drop of food coloring to the water.
Synonyms
A small round piece used for jewelry or a tiny drop of liquid
A very small drop of liquid
A small round drop of liquid
A very small drop of liquid
A very small amount compared with what is needed
A small drop of water that falls from something wet
A very small amount of something, often a liquid like a few drops
A very small amount compared with what is needed
A very small amount compared with what is needed
Idioms
- Informal
A very small amount that does not help with a much larger problem
- Offensive
Become vulnerable to sexual attack in prison, often used as a grim joke or warning
- Texting
Finish speaking or performing in a confident, impressive way that needs no reply
- Offensive
Say the rude word 'fuck', often in a situation where it surprises or offends people
- Informal
To prepare for a real fight or, informally, to stop fighting and start working together
Compounds
- Specialized
An area where supplies or soldiers are dropped from a plane by parachute
- Jargon
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
- Specialized
A list of options that appears below a menu item so you can choose one
- Specialized
A soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
- Specialized
A loss of electrical pressure when current goes through a wire or part of a circuit
- Slang
An impressive ending to a speech or performance that shows nothing more needs saying
- Australian
A fake dangerous animal Australians joke about that falls from trees onto people to scare tourists
- Specialized
A fin under a sailboat that you raise or lower to stop the boat sliding sideways
- Specialized
A large curtain that people lower from above to make a background on a stage
- Specialized
A large curtain hung above the stage that lowers to make background scenery
- Jargon
A moment when a song starts in a film or show that makes the scene more powerful
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Etymology
Drop as a small amount of liquid comes from an old word for a tiny thing that falls, the same idea behind drip, so a drop is a very small bit of water or other liquid.