drop
- noun
- /drɑp/
- NSFW
- The camera follows a cash drop box being lifted from the stack by a clerk.
- drop-off site
- drop-off center
- curbside drop
This is when the, the, the term dead drop first was coined back in those days.
- This is when the, the, the term dead drop first was coined back in those days.
- I need a drop off, A package.
- I just ordered under the new system for the drop boxes.
Examples
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After parking the car and leaving the keys in a drop box, he began searching for the purse.
Fiction book (1996) -
We met at the designated drop to exchange the package safely.
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Ten a. m. tomorrow we set up the drop and by noon we get paid.
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The drop is behind seat 32.
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Twelve Apostle Church always was your favorite drop spot.
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Peter went to the mail drop, took the envelope out of his thin overcoat pocket.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rahmani's Counterintelligence boys stake out the drop and roll up Jericho himself.
Fiction book (1994) -
I've made over 490 drops, 23 over hostile territory.
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The courier delivered the goods to a secure drop hidden behind the warehouse.
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They agreed on a drop location where they could meet without being seen.
Synonyms
A place to leave people or things
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
A box where people put letters or small packages for someone to collect
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
How Secret
Surface Forms
Etymology
A drop meaning a secret place comes from where people 'drop' goods to be picked up later — a hidden spot to leave things, so a drop is a place for delivery or exchange.