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drop
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dr?p, IPA(key): /d??p/
- (General American) enPR: dr?p, IPA(key): /d??p/, [d????p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From Late Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”) [and other forms], from Old English dropa (“a drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *drop? (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rewb- (“to crumble, grind”).
Noun
drop (plural drops)
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (chiefly Australia, Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- (chiefly Britain) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- (chiefly Australia, Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- That which hangs or resembles a liquid globule, such as a hanging diamond earring or ornament, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- A thing which drops or hangs down.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (technology)
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- Short for drop hammer and drop press.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (sports)
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (American football) Short for drop-back.
- (pinball) Short for drop target.
- (rugby) Short for drop kick.
- (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (sewing)
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (sewing)
- The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- Only used in get the drop on and have the drop on: an advantage.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English droppen, dropen (“to fall in drops, drip or trickle down; to scatter, sprinkle; to be covered with a liquid; to give off moisture; of an object: to drop, fall; of a living being: to fall to the ground”) [and other forms], from Old English dropian, droppian (“to drop”), from dropa (“a drop”) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns).
Verb
drop (third-person singular simple present drops, present participle dropping, simple past and past participle dropped or (archaic) dropt)
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets. [from 11th c.]
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc. [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- 1990, Stewart Wolpin, The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle (page 219)
- But more important, if I dropped, Marty would have won the hand automatically.
- 1990, Stewart Wolpin, The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle (page 219)
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
- 1611 King James Bible, Psalms 68:8
- The heavens […] dropped at the presence of God.
- 1611 King James Bible, Psalms 68:8
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts. [from 14th c.]
- 1759-1767, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
- The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
- 1860, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
- persons, dropping sweat-drops or blood-drops
- 1759-1767, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner. [from 18th c.]
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down. [from 18th c.]
- 1846, ed. by G. W. Nickisson, “Elephant-Shooting in Ceylon”, in Fraser's Magazine, vol. XXXIII, no. CXCVII
- page 562: ...if the first shot does not drop him, and he rushes on, the second will be a very hurried and most likely ineffectual one...
- page 568 ...with a single shot he dropped him like a master of the art.
- 1892, Alexander A. A. Kinloch, Large Game Shooting in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India, page 126
- As with all other animals, a shot behind the shoulder is the most likely to drop the beast on the spot […]
- 1921, Daniel Henderson, Boone of the Wilderness, page 54
- He dropped the beast with a bullet in its heart.
- 1985, Beastie Boys, Paul Revere:
- The piano player's out, the music stopped / His boy had beef, and he got dropped...
- 1992, Dan Parkinson, Dust on the Wind, page 164
- With a quick clench of the fist on Joey's throat, Bodie dropped him. The man crumpled to the ground […]
- 1846, ed. by G. W. Nickisson, “Elephant-Shooting in Ceylon”, in Fraser's Magazine, vol. XXXIII, no. CXCVII
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.). [from 17th c.]
- 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer
- The connection had been dropped many years.
- 1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century
- that astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again
- 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering; Or, The Astrologer
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- 2019, Louise Taylor, Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final (in The Guardian, 2 July 2019)[6]
- If Carly Telford’s replacement of Karen Bardsley, because of a hamstring injury, was enforced, the switch to 4-4-1-1 was not. This new-look configuration saw Rachel Daly deployed in front of Lucy Bronze down the right, Toni Duggan and Fran Kirby dropped, Beth Mead introduced on the left and Nikita Parris moved up front.
- 2019, Louise Taylor, Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final (in The Guardian, 2 July 2019)[6]
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- (transitive, slang)
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money). [from 17th c.]
- 1949, The Atlantian, v 8, Atlanta: United States Penitentiary, p 41:
- The question was: Who put the most in the collection box? The wealthy guy, who dropped a “C” note, or the tattered old dame who parted with her last tarnished penny.
- 2000, Lisa Reardon, Blameless: A Novel, Random House, p 221:
- I forked over the $19.25. I was in no position to be dropping twenties like gumdrops but I deserved something good from this crappy morning.
- 1949, The Atlantian, v 8, Atlanta: United States Penitentiary, p 41:
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To impart (something).
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD). [from 20th c.]
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money). [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.). [from 19th c.]
- (transitive, music)
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- To perform (rap music).
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (transitive, sports)
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive, archaic) To cover (something) with or as if with drops, especially of a different colour; to bedrop, to variegate.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- their waved coats dropped with gold
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- drop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Prod, Prod., dorp, prod
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drop/
- Rhymes: -op
- Homophone: drob
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *drop?ty, which is a compound, whose first part is probably from Proto-Indo-European *dreh?- (“run”) and the other from Proto-Slavic *p?ta (“bird”), which is probably based on Proto-Indo-European *put- (“a young, a child, a little animal”).
Noun
drop m
- bustard
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English drop (“act of dropping”).
Noun
drop m
- (golf) dropping a new ball from hand from shoulder height and arm's length, if the original ball was lost.
Declension
References
Further reading
- drop in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- drop in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drope (“drop”), from Old Dutch dropo, from Proto-Germanic *drupô. The sense “licorice” developed from the sense “drop of licorice extract”; compare also English lemon drop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dr?p/
- Hyphenation: drop
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
drop f (plural droppen, diminutive dropje n)
- droplet
Synonyms
- drup
- druppel
Noun
drop f or n (uncountable, diminutive dropje n)
- licorice, especially a variety sold as small sweets/candies.
Derived terms
- dropje
- droplul
- dropveter
- Engelse drop
- honingdrop
- salmiakdrop
Anagrams
- dorp
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English drop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??p/
Noun
drop m (plural drops)
- (rugby) drop goal
Further reading
- “drop” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *drop?ty, whose first part is probably from Proto-Indo-European *dreh?- (“run”) and the other from Proto-Slavic *p?ta (“bird”), which is probably based on Proto-Indo-European *put- (“a young, a child, a little animal”).
Compare Czech drop and Russian ????? (drofa). Cognate with German Trappe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dr?p/
Noun
drop m anim
- bustard; a bird belonging to the family Otididae, especially the great bustard (Otis tarda) or any member of the genus Ardeotis
Declension
Further reading
- drop in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- drop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
References
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bubble
English
Etymology
Partly imitative, also influenced by burble. Compare Middle Dutch bobbe (“bubble”) > Dutch bubbel (“bubble”), Low German bubbel (“bubble”), Danish boble (“bubble”), Swedish bubbla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?b.?l/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Noun
bubble (plural bubbles)
- A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
- Antonym: antibubble
- A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
- (by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
- (figuratively) Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
- (economics) A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.
- 2007, Elizabeth Grossman, High Tech Trash, Island Press (?ISBN), page 46:
- Thanks to the proliferation of semiconductor chips and cell phones—the number of U.S. cell phones grew from essentially zero in 1983 to nearly two hundred million by the end of 2004, and as of 2003 over one billion cell phones were in use worldwide, so by the time the high-tech bubble approached its bursting point in 2000 and 2001, coltan had become an extremely hot commodity.
- 2007, Elizabeth Grossman, High Tech Trash, Island Press (?ISBN), page 46:
- (figuratively) The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed.
- Synonyms: circumstances, ambience
- Hyponym: filter bubble
- An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
- 1998, District of Columbia Appropriations for 1998: Hearings
- Later that day, the unit was staffed with only one officer, who was required to stay in the bubble.
- 1998, District of Columbia Appropriations for 1998: Hearings
- (obsolete) Someone who has been ‘bubbled’ or fooled; a dupe.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Cupid and Ganymede
- Gany's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1979, p. 15:
- For no woman, sure, will plead the passion of love for an excuse. This would be to own herself the mere tool and bubble of the man.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Cupid and Ganymede
- A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
- The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
- Synonyms: giraffe, bubble bath
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A Greek.
- Synonym: bubble and squeak
- (computing, historical) Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
- (poker) The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)
- A group of people who are in quarantine together.
Synonyms
- bull (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bubble (third-person singular simple present bubbles, present participle bubbling, simple past and past participle bubbled)
- (intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
- Rage bubbled inside him.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
- (transitive, archaic) To cheat, delude.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
- No, no, friend, I shall never be bubbled out of my religion in hopes only of keeping my place under another government […]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
- (intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To cry, weep.
- (transitive) To pat a baby on the back so as to cause it to belch.
- 1942, McCall’s, volume 69, page 94:
- Groggily her mind went back through the long hours to 10 P.M. She had fed Junior, bubbled him, diped him—according to plan.
- 1942, McCall’s, volume 69, page 94:
- (transitive) To cause to feel as if bubbling or churning.
- 1922, Conal O’Riordan, In London: The Story of Adam and Marriage, page 164:
- It seemed to Adam that he felt the blood in his toes creeping up his legs and body until it reached his brain where, finding it could go no farther, it bubbled him into dumbness: it added to his confusion to know that he looked as if some such accident had befallen his circulation.
- 2011, Tim O’Brien, Northern Lights, page 201:
- The frothing sensation bubbled him all over, a boiling without heat or any sound or light.
- 1922, Conal O’Riordan, In London: The Story of Adam and Marriage, page 164:
- (transitive) To express in a bubbly or lively manner.
- (transitive) To form into a protruding round shape.
- 1929, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 201, page 50:
- She bubbled her lips at Junior and wrinkled her eyes.
- 1929, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 201, page 50:
- (transitive) To cover with bubbles.
- (transitive) To bubble in; to mark a response on a form by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
- 2019, Crash Course for the ACT, 6th Edition: Your Last-Minute Guide to Scoring High, page 15:
- You don’t want to go back and forth between the test booklet and your answer sheet to bubble your answers.
- 2019, Crash Course for the ACT, 6th Edition: Your Last-Minute Guide to Scoring High, page 15:
- (intransitive) To join together in a support bubble
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bubble.
Derived terms
- bubble over
- bubble under
- bubble up
Translations
References
- bubble at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [4]
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
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