to drop
- verb
- /drɑp/
- I dropped my voice down as low as it would go, which these days is pretty low.
- drop your voice
- drop the pitch
- drop an octave
So many Soundgarden songs use drop D or.
- So many Soundgarden songs use drop D or.
- So I then immediately tuned my guitar down to drop D.
Examples
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Her voice dropped low.
Fiction book (2000) -
Dale sang a fast, energetic song, his voice swinging up high and dropping down low.
Fiction book (1993) -
So, you really think it dropped an octave?
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"Send us a sign of your presence," and I let my voice drop lower, almost to a whisper.
Fiction book (2001) -
"I'm not interested," I told him, letting my voice drop as low as I could, down to Lauren Bacall range.
Fiction book (2001) -
Benjamin leaned even closer, his voice dropping to barely a whisper.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lydia's voice dropped in pitch, taking on a sudden huskiness, and the tempo slowed.
Fiction book (1990) -
"You're admiring my pottery, Liberty?" Roz said slowly, her voice dropping to a husky whisper.
Fiction book (1993) -
When performing the song, I had to drop the melody down a half step to match my vocal range.
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To make it easier to sing, the choir director asked us to drop the pitch of the song by one octave.
Synonyms
Make a voice or sound lower in pitch
Lower a musical note by a half step
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
Phrasal Verbs
To move to a position behind other players, for example to prepare a pass or to help defend
- Specialized
To stop using some parts of a machine learning model at random during training so it learns better
- Slang
To end a speech or comment with an impressive move to show nothing more is needed
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 Low
Surface Forms
Etymology
To drop a note or chord is to make the sound go down, like a voice or string that 'falls' in pitch, so to drop is to lower the musical tone.