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gaffer

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

of an animal to give birth to

lose //dropped three games //dropped $50 in a poker game

spend //drop $20 for lunch

to get rid of //dropped 20 pounds

to bring down with a shot or a blow //dropped the buck with one shot //dropping the world champion in the ring

card games to cause a cardholder to unwillingly play (a high card) //dropped her ace

to toss or roll into a hole or basket //drop a putt

to deposit or deliver during a usually brief stop —usually used with off //drop the kids off at school

air-drop //drop the supplies to the medical team

to cause (the voice) to be less loud

linguistics to leave (a letter representing a speech sound) unsounded //drop the g in running

to leave out in writing omit //accidentally dropped a whole line

to draw from an external point //drop a perpendicular to the line

to take (a drug) orally swallow //drop acid

computers to place (an item on a computer screen) in one location in a graphical user interface after dragging it from another //Move the video to the desired location and release the mouse button to drop the file … — TechSling //… you get a handy graphical representation of all your tasks and can even drag and drop them from one list to another … — Jack Wallen

drop a dime
to inform authorities (such as the police) of another's wrongdoing
drop behind
to fail to keep up
drop the ball
to make a mistake especially by failing to take timely, effective, or proper action

Other Words

Verb

droppable ˈdrä-pə-bəl adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms: Noun

bead blob driblet drip droplet glob globule

Synonyms: Verb

depress lower throw throw down

Antonyms: Verb

lift pick up raise

Examples

Noun

//He squeezed the bottle until a few drops came out.
//She doesn't have a single drop of selfishness in her.
//The poet wrings the last drop of meaning from every word.

Verb

//Be careful not to drop the chair on your foot.
//She dropped the apple core into the trash can.
//They dropped bombs on the city.
//He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces.
//The player dropped the ball.
//The pen rolled to the edge of the table and dropped to the floor.
//The book dropped from my hand.
//The ball dropped between the right and center fielders.
//She was so tired she felt she would drop.
//He worked until
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of an animal to give birth to
lose //dropped three games //dropped $50 in a poker game
spend //drop $20 for lunch
to get rid of //dropped 20 pounds
to bring down with a shot or a blow //dropped the buck with one shot //dropping the world champion in the ring
card games to cause a cardholder to unwillingly play (a high card) //dropped her ace
to toss or roll into a hole or basket //drop a putt
to deposit or deliver during a usually brief stop —usually used with off //drop the kids off at school
air-drop //drop the supplies to the medical team
to cause (the voice) to be less loud
linguistics to leave (a letter representing a speech sound) unsounded //drop the g in running
to leave out in writing omit //accidentally dropped a whole line
to draw from an external point //drop a perpendicular to the line
to take (a drug) orally swallow //drop acid
computers to place (an item on a computer screen) in one location in a graphical user interface after dragging it from another //Move the video to the desired location and release the mouse button to drop the file … — TechSling //… you get a handy graphical representation of all your tasks and can even drag and drop them from one list to another … — Jack Wallen

drop a dime
to inform authorities (such as the police) of another's wrongdoing
drop behind
to fail to keep up
drop the ball
to make a mistake especially by failing to take timely, effective, or proper action

Other Words

Verb

droppable ˈdrä-pə-bəl adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms: Noun

bead blob driblet drip droplet glob globule

Synonyms: Verb

depress lower throw throw down

Antonyms: Verb

lift pick up raise

Examples

Noun

//He squeezed the bottle until a few drops came out.
//She doesn't have a single drop of selfishness in her.
//The poet wrings the last drop of meaning from every word.

Verb

//Be careful not to drop the chair on your foot.
//She dropped the apple core into the trash can.
//They dropped bombs on the city.
//He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces.
//The player dropped the ball.
//The pen rolled to the edge of the table and dropped to the floor.
//The book dropped from my hand.
//The ball dropped between the right and center fielders.
//She was so tired she felt she would drop.
//He worked until