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{{also|Drop|dråp}}
==English==
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|caption1 = A drop of water ''(noun sense 1)''.
|image2 = Eye drop.jpg
|caption2 = [[eyedrop|Eye drops]] ''(noun sense 1.2)'' being [[administer]]ed.
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|caption3 = Drops ''(noun sense 3)'' of a [[chandelier]].
|image4 = Lemon Drops.jpg
|caption4 = [[lemon drop|Lemon drops]] ''(noun sense 3.1)''.
|image5 = Keyhole Uncovered - Metairie Cemetery Aug 2019.jpg
|caption5 = The drop ''(noun sense 4.1)'' of a [[keyhole]].
}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|drŏp|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/dɹɒp/}}
* {{enPR|drŏp|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/dɹɑp/|[d͡ʒɹɑp]}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-drop.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-drop.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒp|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰrewb-}}
From Late {{inh|en|enm|droppe}}, {{inh|en|enm|drope|t=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}}{{nb...|dropan, droupe, (Northern England) droipe|otherforms=1}},<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=drōpe|pos=''n.''(1)|noformat=1|id=MED12693}}</ref> from {{inh|en|ang|dropa|t=a drop}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*dropō|t=drop (of liquid)}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*drupô|t=drop (of liquid)}},<ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=n|id=57881|date=1897|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=n}}</ref> from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰrewb-|t=to crumble, grind}}.

====Noun====
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# {{lb|en|also|figuratively}} A [[small]] [[quantity]] of [[liquid#Noun|liquid]], just [[large]] [[enough]] to [[hold#Noun|hold]] its own [[round#Adjective|round]] [[shape#Noun|shape]] through [[surface tension]], especially one that [[fall#Verb|falls]] from a [[source#Noun|source]] of liquid.
#: {{ux|en|Put three '''drops''' of oil into the mixture.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=[[w:Thomas Tate (mathematician)|T[homas] Tate]]|title=XXX. On the Magnitude of a Drop of Liquid Formed under Different Circumstances.|editors=w:David Brewster; [[w:Robert Kane (chemist)|Robert Kane]]; William Francis|journal=[[w:Philosophical Magazine|The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science]]|location=London|publisher=[[w:Taylor & Francis|Taylor and Francis]],{{nb...|Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, printers and publishers to the University of London}}; sold by [[w:Longman|Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green]];{{nb...|Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; Whittaker and Co.; and Piper and Co., London:– by Adam and Charles Black, and Thomas Clark, Edinburgh; Smith and Son, Glasgow; Hodges and Smith, Dublin; and Putnam, New York.}}|month=March|year=1864|volume=XXVII (4th Series)|issue=181|pages=178–179|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVAEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA179|oclc=32062646|passage=A circular horizontal surface of indefinite diameter gave a drop of water weighing 2·10 grains. This is therefore the weight of the maximum '''drop''' formed on a flat surface, and it will be seen that it very nearly coincides with the weight of the '''drop''' formed upon a surface seven-tenths of an inch diameter. The '''drop''' in this case is always formed at the centre of the surface, this being the centre of the greatest molecular attraction amongst the liquid particles.}}
## {{lb|en|pharmacology}} A [[dose#Noun|dose]] of [[liquid#Adjective|liquid]] [[medicine]] in the [[form#Noun|form]] of a drop ''(sense 1)''.
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Eugene Tinory|title=Journey from Ammeah: The Story of a Lebanese Immigrant|location=Brattleboro, Vt.|publisher=Amana Books|year=1986|page=96|isbn=978-0-915597-32-1|passage=My first treatment consisted of one eye '''drop''' in each eye which was supposed to determine the condition of the eye and make it easier to examine them the next day.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Mark A[llan] Goldstein; Myrna Chandler Goldstein; Larry P. Credit|chapter=Glaucoma [Tipes for Using Eye Drops]|title=Your Best Medicine: From Conventional and Complementary Medicine—Expert-endorsed Therapeutic Solutions to Relieve Symptoms and Speed Healing|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:Crown Publishing Group|Rodale Books]]|year=2009|section=part 2 (The Best Medicine for 81 Common Health Concerns)|page=234|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZtCudGcuVwC&pg=PA234|column=1|isbn=978-1-59486-826-9|passage=The eye is able to hold only about 20 percent of the amount of fluid in a standard eye '''drop'''. Therefore, put only one eye '''drop''' in your eye at a time. If you have been instructed to use more than one eye '''drop''', wait about 5 minutes between the '''drops'''. This will allow more of the '''drops''' to be absorbed and will reduce waste.}}
## {{lb|en|pharmacology|chiefly|in the plural}} A liquid medicine that is [[intend]]ed to be [[administer]]ed in drops ''(sense 1)''.
##: {{ux|en|ear '''drops'''&emsp;&emsp;&emsp; eye '''drops'''}}
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} A very small quantity of liquid, or {{lb|en|by extension}} of anything.
#: {{syn|en|dash|smidgen|Thesaurus:modicum}}
#: {{ux|en|My aunt asked for just a '''drop''' more tea.}}
#: {{ux|en|He was thirsty but there wasn’t a '''drop''' of water to be found}}
#: {{ux|en|They didn’t show a '''drop''' of remorse}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Yvonne Howell|chapter=Introduction|title=Apocalyptic Realism: The Science Fiction of {{w|Arkady and Boris Strugatsky}}|series=Russian and East European Studies in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Culture|seriesvolume=1|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang]]|year=1994|page=1|isbn=978-0-8204-1962-6|issn=1065-9374|passage=BAZARIN: Zoya Sergeevna, just a '''drop''' more tea, if you would. / ZOYA SERGEEVNA: (pouring tea) Do you want it strong?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Maureen Lipman|chapter=Bar Mitzvah Joy|chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNbYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT156|title=Past-It Notes|location=London|publisher=[[w:The Quarto Group|Aurum Press]]|year=2008|year_published=2013|isbn=978-1-907532-60-3|passage=Finally she landed the role, and glory be to God, her best friend Melanie landed the role of Anne's best friend. Not one '''drop''' of help did she get from her showbiz parents, who were far too preoccupied with the shape of twenty-four table centre-pieces, {{...}}}}
## {{lb|en|chiefly|Australia|Britain}} A small [[amount#Noun|amount]] of an [[alcoholic#Adjective|alcoholic]] [[beverage]].
##: {{ux|en|He usually enjoys a '''drop''' after dinner.&emsp;&emsp;&emsp; She won’t touch a '''drop''' while she’s on duty.}}
## {{lb|en|chiefly|Britain}} ''Usually preceded by'' '''[[the]]''': alcoholic [[spirits]] in general.
##: {{ux|en|It doesn’t matter where you’re from, anyone who enjoys the '''drop''' is a friend of mine.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Peregrine Reedpen [pseudonym]|chapter=The Survey Continued. Odds and Ends.|title=Our Town; or, Rough Sketches of Character, Manners, &c.{{nb...|[...] In Two Volumes.}}|location=London|publisher=[[w:Richard Bentley (publisher)|Richard Bentley]],{{nb...|New Burlington Street.}}|year=1834|volume=I|page=61|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbEMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61|oclc=230650092|passage=She is rather fond of her '''drops''', and is then particularly good-humoured; it is only when she is getting sober that she is querulous and nervous.}}
## {{lb|en|Ireland|informal}} A [[single#Adjective|single]] [[measure#Noun|measure]] of [[whisky]].
# That which [[hang#Verb|hangs]] or [[resemble]]s a liquid [[globule]], such as a [[hanging#Adjective|hanging]] [[diamond]] [[earring]] or [[ornament#Noun|ornament]], a [[glass#Noun|glass]] [[pendant]] on a [[chandelier]], etc.
## ''Often preceded by a defining word'': a small, round [[piece#Noun|piece]] of [[hard candy]], such as a [[lemon drop]]; a [[lozenge]].
## {{lb|en|architecture}} An ornament resembling a pendant; a [[gutta]].
# A [[thing]] which [[drop#Verb|drops]] or hangs down.
## The [[cover#Noun|cover]] [[mount#Verb|mounted]] on a [[swivel#Noun|swivel]] over a [[keyhole]] that [[rest#Verb|rests]] over the keyhole when not in [[use#Noun|use]] to [[keep out]] [[debris]], but is [[swivel#Verb|swiveled]] out of the way before [[insert#Verb|inserting]] the [[key#Noun|key]].
## {{lb|en|agriculture}} A [[fruit#Noun|fruit]] which has fallen off a [[tree]], etc., or has been [[knock#Verb|knocked]] off [[accidentally]], rather than [[pick#Verb|picked]].
##* {{quote-book|en|chapter=Information Obtained in the Investigation|title=Apple Juice: Report to the President on Investigation No. TA-201-59 under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974|series=USITC Publication|seriesvolume=1861|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=w:United States International Trade Commission|month=June|year=1986|page=A-2|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=_SwAMo4d0acC&pg=RA1-PA2|oclc=14048250|passage='''Drops''' are another source of juice apple supply. As the pickers pick apples in orchards oriented toward fresh-market or canning apples, apples fall or are accidentally knocked to the ground; these are '''drops'''. The only use for '''drops''' is juice production.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=United States Commission on Agricultural Workers|chapter=The Apple Industry in New York and Pennsylvania|title=Case Studies and Research Reports Prepared for the Commission on Agricultural Workers 1989–1993 to Accompany the Report of the Commission: Appendix I|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[w:United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]]|year=1993|page=387|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDQiAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA387|column=1|oclc=760666946|passage='''Drops''' are fruit that has fallen to the ground naturally or that is dropped or knocked off during harvest. '''Drops''' have no value except for pressing for juice. While the value of '''drops''' is usually minimal, they must be removed from the orchards; otherwise, they attract mice which later in the season, once the apples are gone, gnaw on the roots of apple trees.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Ken Haedrich|chapter=Very Apple Apple Pies|title=Apple Pie: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for America’s Favorite Pie|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=[[w:The Quarto Group|The Harvard Common Press]]|year=2002|page=97|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=3S_ICjUtAOgC&pg=PA97|column=1|isbn=978-1-55832-224-0|passage=But in the fall, when apples are abundant and cheap, I like to make my own [applesauce]. I'll often buy a few bags of "'''drops'''" just for this purpose. '''Drops''' are apples that have fallen from the trees instead of being picked. They're less expensive since they might have a bruise or two, but otherwise they're fresh nd juicy.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Michael Phillips|chapter=Growing Apples Locally|title=The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist|edition=revised|location=White River Junction, Vt.|publisher=[[w:Chelsea Green Publishing|Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]|month=October|year=2005|page=3|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=wY_NAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|isbn=978-1-931498-91-3|passage=''Biologically based IPM'' goes further by integrating orchard practices for common gain. Thus, in a second-level IPM orchard, sprays are withheld after June to allow beneficial insect populations to rebuild; summer maggot fly incursions are trapped at the border; '''drops''' are removed to limit in-orchard pest pupation; and fall sanitation is used to reduce disease inoculum the following spring.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Ben Watson|chapter=|title=Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own|edition=2nd|location=Woodstock, Vt.|publisher=[[w:W. W. Norton & Company|The Countryman Press]]|year=2009|page=54|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVplehzd28sC&pg=PA54|column=1|isbn=978-0-88150-819-2|passage='''Drops''' are often considered the same as windfalls, and some people insist that any fruit that has fallen to the ground—no matter for how short a time—should not be used for making cider. {{...}} '''Drops''', on the other hand [unlike windfalls], are fruits that have sat around on the ground for a longer period of time—typically a day or more.}}
## {{lb|en|American football}} A dropped [[pass#Noun|pass]].
##: {{ux|en|Yet another '''drop''' for the Tiger tight end.}}
## {{lb|en|law enforcement}} A {{l|en|trapdoor|t=[[hinged#Adjective|hinged]] [[platform#Noun|platform]]}} on a [[gallows]]; a [[gallows]] itself.
##* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Ian Jones (author)|Ian Jones]]|title={{w|Ned Kelly}}: A Short Life|edition=revised|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWw1lNrhwbgC&pg=RA1-PT264|location=Sydney, N.S.W.|publisher=[[w:Hachette (publisher)|Hachette Australia]]|year=2003|year_published=2010|isbn=978-0-7336-2579-4|passage=As the prisoners prepared to leave, they had seen Dan and Steve standing together in the breezeway, ‘for all the world like two condemned prisoners on the '''drop'''’.}}
##* {{quote-av|en|writers=w:Benjamin Ross; Barry Langford|episode=All the Lost Children|title=w:The Frankenstein Chronicles|date=25 November 2015|season=1|number=3|time=26:40|passage=''Crook'': "I'll find the killers for you, I swear." / ''Cop'': "So why didn't you?" / ''Crook'': "I'm scared of 'em." / ''Cop'': "More than the '''drop'''?" / ''Crook'': "Aye. Maybe."}}
## {{lb|en|online gaming|video games}} An [[item]] made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a [[defeated#Adjective|defeated]] [[enemy]].
## {{lb|en|technology}}
### A [[mechanism]] for lowering something, such as a [[machine#Noun|machine]] for lowering [[heavy#Adjective|heavy]] [[weight#Noun|weights]] on to a [[ship#Noun|ship]]'s [[deck#Noun|deck]], or a [[device]] for [[temporarily]] lowering a [[gas jet]], etc.
### {{short for|en|drop hammer|nodot=1}} and '''[[drop press]]'''.
## {{lb|en|theater}} A [[curtain#Noun|curtain]] which falls in front of a [[theatrical]] [[stage#Noun|stage]]; also, a [[section#Noun|section]] of ([[cloth]]) [[scenery]] [[lower#Verb|lowered]] on to the stage like a curtain.
##* {{quote-journal|en|magazine=Theatre Crafts|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Theatre Crafts Associates|year=1983|page=61|column=1|issn=0040-5469|oclc=473518208|passage=[[w:La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage]]'s upstage '''drops''' include two of the St. Tropez harbor (one for the day and another for the night), [...&nbsp;an] ocean '''drop''' (used in an Act I dream  sequence), and an abstract chandelier '''drop''' (used in the second act{{nb...}}).}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Michele Fields|title=Designing The Rover|series=unpublished M.F.A. dissertation|location=Madison, Wis.|publisher=w:University of Wisconsin–Madison|year=2007|oclc=154320862|passage=In ''[[w:The Rover (play)|The Rover]]'', one of these esthetically important elements was the arrangement of the upstage '''drops'''. Originally the '''drop''' was split into three sections, with obvious and blatant seams between them.}}
# An [[act#Noun|act]] or [[instance#Noun|instance]] of dropping ''(in all senses)''.
## An act of [[move#Verb|moving]] [[downwards]] under the [[force#Noun|force]] of [[gravity]]; a [[descent]], a [[fall#Noun|fall]].
##: {{syn|en|flop|decline}}
##: {{ux|en|That was a long '''drop''', but fortunately I didn’t break any bones.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|author=[[w:John Branch (journalist)|John Branch]]|title=Snow fall: The avalanche at Tunnel Creek|newspaper=w:The New York Times|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221164855/https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/index.html#/?part=tunnel-creek|archivedate=21 February 2021|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:The New York Times Company|year=2012|issn=0362-4331|oclc=971436363|passage=The slope of the terrain, shaped like a funnel, squeezed the growing swell of churning snow into a steep, twisting gorge. It moved in surges, like a roller coaster on a series of '''drops''' and high-banked turns.}}
## An instance of [[make#Verb|making]] a [[delivery]] of [[person|people]], [[supplies]], or things, especially by [[parachute#Noun|parachute]] out of an [[aircraft]] (an [[airdrop]]), but also by [[truck#Noun|truck]], etc.
##: {{ux|en|The delivery driver has to make three more '''drops''' before lunch.}}
##: {{ux|en|The spy made the '''drop''', leaving the plans under the tree as arranged.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=2020|author=Arlana Crane|title=Mordecai's Ashes
|passage=That was how a drug deal went down? {{...}} Karl shook his head and pulled away from the curb, heading for his next '''drop''' and feeling distinctly uncomfortable about the mass of cash now keeping the drugs in his bags company.}}
## A [[release#Noun|release]] (of [[music]], a [[video game]], etc).
##* {{quote-book|en|author=L. S.|chapter=Sum 41|editors=w:Nathan Brackett; w:Christian Hoard|title=The New {{w|Rolling Stone}} Album Guide|series=A Fireside Book|edition=4th|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Simon & Schuster|year=2004|page=792|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA792|column=1|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|passage=2002 saw the '''drop''' of a new album whose title riffed on the many magazine cover stories calling {{w|Sum 41}}'s music infectious.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Stephen Wright (writer)|Stephen Wright]]|title=Processed Cheese|edition=ebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ytSXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Little, Brown and Company|month=January|year=2020|isbn=978-0-316-12627-4|passage=Turned out this was the '''drop''' party for popster Effigy's latest release, ''BeatMeKickMeHoldMe''.}}
## {{lb|en|gambling}} The amount of [[money]] that a [[gambler]] [[exchange#Verb|exchanges]] for [[chip#Noun|chips]] in a [[casino]].
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Steve Bourie; Anthony Curtis [''et al.'']|title=American Casino Guide|year_published=1997|location=Dania, Fla.|publisher=Casino Vacations|year=1996|page=12|isbn=978-1-883768-06-5|passage=What the first column in the table shows you is how much the casinos won as a percentage of the '''drop'''. For example, on the roulette table for every $100 that went into the '''drop''' box the casino wonj $22.70 or 22.70%. {{...}} In other words, the '''drop''' tells you how many chips were bought at that table, but it doesn't tell you how many bets were made with those chips.}}
## {{lb|en|law enforcement|informal}} ''Preceded by'' '''[[the]]''': [[execution]] by [[hanging#Noun|hanging]].
##* {{quote-book|en|author=Elizabeth Dale|chapter=Justice is Served|title=The Chicago Trunk Murder: Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century|location=DeKalb, Ill.|publisher=w:Northern Illinois University Press|year=2011|page=74|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=m__-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74|isbn=978-0-87580-440-8|passage=[A]ll those present shared the all-important political connections required to get a ticket to the execution. News reporters, doctors, and members of the juries had prime spots right by the platform, so that they could see the '''drop''' and record the time of death.}}
## {{lb|en|sports}}
### ''Usually preceded by'' '''[[the]]''': [[relegation|relegation]] from one [[division]] to a [[low#Adjective|lower]] one.
### {{lb|en|American football}} {{short for|en|drop-back}}
###: {{ux|en|The Tiger quarterback took a one-step '''drop''', expecting his tight end to be open.}}
### {{lb|en|pinball}} {{short for|en|drop target}}
### {{lb|en|rugby}} {{short for|en|drop kick}}
### {{lb|en|golf}} {{short for|en|drop shot}}
## {{lb|en|US|banking|dated}} An [[unsolicited]] [[credit card]] [[issue#Noun|issue]].
# A [[decline#Noun|decline]] in [[degree]], [[quality#Noun|quality]], [[quantity]], or [[rate#Noun|rate]].
#: {{syn|en|breakdown|deterioration|dip|reduction|worsening|Thesaurus:decrement}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''drop''' in demand for oil resulted in a '''drop''' in prices.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Gardiner Means|Gardiner C[olt] Means]]|chapter=Appendix L. The Necessity for Supplying the Right Amount of Monetary Medium.|title=Industrial Prices and Their Relative Inflexibility{{nb...|Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture Transmitting in Response to Senate Resolution No. 17, a Report Relating to the Subject of Industrial Prices and Their Relative Inflexibility}}|series=74th [[w:United States Congress|Congress]], 1st Session|seriesvolume=document no. 13|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[w:United States Government Publishing Office|United States Government Printing Office]]|date=17 January 1935|section=paragraphs 5–6|page=37|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTQ8AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA37|oclc=5138417|passage=[T]he volume of money was expected to fluctuate with the volume of business activity so that a '''drop''' in business activity would bring a '''drop''' in the volume of money outstanding. {{...}} If the volume of money is reduced, it tends to produce a slight '''drop''' in demand for all sorts of commodities.}}
## {{lb|en|sewing}}
### Of [[man#Noun|men]]'s [[clothes]]: the [[difference#Noun|difference]] between the [[chest#Noun|chest]] [[circumference]] and [[waist]] circumference.
### Of [[woman|women]]'s clothes: the difference between the [[bust#Noun|bust]] circumference and [[hip#Noun|hip]] circumference.
# The [[distance#Noun|distance]] through which something drops, or falls below a [[certain]] [[level#Noun|level]].
## The distance below a [[cliff]] or other [[high#Adjective|high]] [[position#Noun|position]] through which someone or something could fall; hence, a [[steep#Adjective|steep]] [[slope#Noun|slope]].
##: {{ux|en|On one side of the road was a 50-foot '''drop'''.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=John Ball|chapter=Preface|title=Ananda: Where Yoga Lives|location=Bowling Green, Oh.|publisher=[[w:Bowling Green State University|Bowling Green University Popular Press]]|year=1982|page=6|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6ELtGnsLUkC&pg=PA6|isbn=978-0-87972-207-4|passage=An Ananda truck coming down a steep, winding mountain road completely lost its brakes and crashed through a thin guard rail over an almost sheer 1000 foot '''drop'''. It was caught and held by a solitary tree that was growing in the one and only spot where it could prevent a certain fatal plunge. No one was even slightly injured.}}
## The [[vertical#Adjective|vertical]] [[length#Noun|length]] of a hanging curtain.
## {{lb|en|engineering}} The distance of the [[axis]] of a [[shaft#Noun|shaft]] below the [[base#Noun|base]] of a [[hanger]].
## {{lb|en|law enforcement}} The distance that a person drops when being [[execute]]d by hanging.
## {{lb|en|nautical}} The [[depth]] of a ([[square#Adjective|square]]) [[sail#Noun|sail]] (generally applied to the [[course#Noun|courses]] only); the vertical [[dimension]] of a sail.
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1869| title=A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding|author=Richard W. Meade | page=117| passage=A further point is, that the convenience of the ship herself may interfere with the disposition of sails. A high forecastle will shorten the '''drop''' of the foresail, and a poop may seriously interfere with the spanker.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1969 | title=The Merchantmen |author=Richard Armstrong | page=97| passage=Her mainyard was 80 feet long, and her mainsail had a '''drop''' of 40 feet.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2020| title=Sovereign of the Seas, 1637|author=John McKay | page=| passage=Because this natural bulging was not adequate, the sails were deliberately made to round outward by cutting the cloths longer than necessary for the '''drop''' of the sail. }}
# A [[place#Noun|place]] where items or supplies may be [[leave#Verb|left]] for [[other#Noun|others]] to [[collect#Verb|collect]], whether [[openly]] (as with a [[mail#Noun|mail]] drop), or [[secretly]] or [[illegally]] (as in [[crime]] or [[espionage]]); a [[drop-off]] [[point#Verb|point]].
#: {{ux|en|I left the plans at the '''drop''', like you asked.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1973|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business|title=Criminal Redistribution Systems and Their Economic Impact on Small Business: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress|page=811
|passage=A '''drop''' is a place where the stolen property can be stored. It may be a warehouse, an apartment, or a garage. At the '''drop''', a group of persons called loaders remove the merchandise from the truck and store it.}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} {{only used in|en|[[get the drop on]], [[have the drop on]]|nodot=1}} An [[advantage#Noun|advantage]].
# {{lb|en|music}} A [[point#Noun|point]] in a [[song]], usually [[electronic music]] such as [[dubstep]], [[house#Noun|house]], [[trance#Noun|trance]], or [[trap#Noun|trap]], where there is a very [[noticeable]] and [[pleasing#Adjective|pleasing]] [[change#Noun|change]] in [[bass]], [[tempo]], and/or [[overall]] [[tone#Noun|tone]]; a [[climax#Noun|climax]], a [[highlight#Noun|highlight]].
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Genevieve Koski|title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: ''[[w:Believe (Justin Bieber album)|Believe]]''|work=w:The A.V. Club|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806012023/https://music.avclub.com/justin-bieber-believe-1798173278|archivedate=6 August 2020|date=26 June 2012|passage=But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [[w:Justin Bieber|[Justin] Bieber]] is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means ''Believe'' is loaded up with EDM [electronic dance music] accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep '''drops''' (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Robin James|title=Resilience & Melancholy|year=2015|publisher=Zero Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cf5JBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT44&dq=%22the+drop%22+dubstep&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22the%20drop%22%20dubstep&f=false|isbn=978-1-78279-461-5|passage=Just as dubstep has grown in popularity and combined with many different genres, the '''drop''' has become a generalized type of which there are many individually varying instances, including dubstep bass-'''drop'''. As ''LA Times'' critic Randall Roberts notes, even good-girl tween pop idol Taylor Swift uses a '''drop''' in her Max-Martin-Produced track “I Knew You Were Trouble.”}}

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col4|en
|cough drop
|dewdrop
|eye-drop
|turkey drop
|raindrop
|teardrop
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|beechdrops|pinedrops|sundrops|air-drop|acidulated drop|bomb drop|drop bar|drop handlebar|drop in the pond|drop in the sea|drop shaft|drop-shaft|knee drop|kneedrop|measured drop|pan drop|pear drop|Q drop|antidrop|backdrop|cliffdrop|dropkick|droplight|dropline|droplist|dropnet|dropometry|dropseed|dropship|dropside|dropsite|dropsonde|dropstone|droptop|dropwing|dropworm|dropwort|dropzone|eardrop|eavedrop|gumdrop|maildrop|microdrop|misdrop|multidrop|nanodrop|outdrop|predrop|rosedrop|snowdrop|subdrop|sweatdrop|waterdrop
|at the drop of a hat
|black drop effect
|dewdrop
|dropful
|drop hammer
|drop in the bucket
|dropless
|droplet
|droplike
|dropmeal
|drop pod
|drop-proof
|dropwise
|dropwisely
|eavesdrop
|eye-drop
|get the drop on
|mic drop|banner drop|drop gun|drop weapon|hair drop|olio drop|roll drop
|one drop|drop waist|service drop|slut drop
|one-drop rule
|one-drop
|raindrop
|teardrop
|a quick drop and a sudden stop|a short drop and a sudden stop|acid drop|artificial tear drop|balloon drop|bass drop|black drop|book drop|bun drop|coal drop|cold drop|dead drop|dead-drop|desk drop|dew drop|doc drop|donkey drop|drop attack|drop box|drop cake|drop ceiling|drop crotch|drop crotching|drop D||drop foot|drop forging|drop grommet|drop in the ocean|drop letter|drop light|drop lock|drop lot|drop pass|drop punt|drop safe|drop seat|drop serene|drop set|drop shadow|drop sleeve|drop tank|drop top|drop tower|drop volley|drop yard|drop zone|drop-bear|drop-box|drop-by|drop-cake|drop-crotch|drop-crotching|drop-drill|drop-forged|drop-goal|drop-knee|drop-lock|drop-ripe|drop-scene|drop-set|drop-spine|ear drop|egg drop|eye drop|false drop|foot drop|French drop|fruit drop|gravity drop|hard drop|ice drop|jam drop|knockout drop|leg drop|line drop|live drop|long drop|needle drop|non-drop|pigeon drop|Prince Rupert's drop|pro-drop language|reverse one-drop rule|rosy drop|Rupert's drop|short drop|spice drop|summer branch drop|thaw-drop|toe drop|wait for the ball to drop|wrist drop| drop frame|drop neck|shoulder drop}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension}}{{multitrans|data=
* Afrikaans: {{tt|af|afval}}, {{tt+|af|val}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|pikë|f}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|قَطْرَة|f}}, {{tt+|ar|نُقْطَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|نقطة|f|tr=nuʔṭa}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{tt|acw|نقطة|f|tr=nugṭa}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{tt|ajp|نقطة|f|tr=nuʔṭa}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|կաթիլ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|chicã|f}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|টোপাল}}
* Asturian: {{tt|ast|gota}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|damcı}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|درنپ}}, {{tt|bal|درمپ}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|тамсы}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|кро́пля|f}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|বিন্দু}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|बुन्नी}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ка́пка|f}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|အစက်}}
* Buryat: {{tt|bua|дуһал}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|gota|f}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|tonosi}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|тӏадам}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|滴|tr=dik6}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|滴|tr=dī}}, {{tt+|cmn|液滴|tr=yèdī}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|тумлам}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|kapka|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|dråbe|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|druppel|m}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|guto}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tilk}}, {{t|et|piisk}}, {{t+|et|pisar}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pisara}}, {{tt+|fi|tippa}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|goutte|f}}, {{tt+|fr|larme|f}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|წვეთი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Tropfen|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|σταγόνα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|σταγών|f}}, {{tt|grc|ῥανίς|f}}
* Hausa: {{tt|ha|ɗigo|m}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|טיפה|f|tr=tipá|alt=טיפה \ טִפָּה}}
* Hindi: {{tt|hi|बूंद|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|csepp}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|dropi|m}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|guto}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|tilkka}}, {{t|izh|pisara}}, {{t|izh|tippa}}, {{t|izh|tilkku}}, {{t|izh|tilppu}}
* Ingush: {{tt|inh|тӏадам}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|gutta}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|braon|m}}, {{tt|ga|mónóg|f}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|goccia|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|滴|tr=しずく, shizuku}}, {{tt+|ja|雫|tr=しずく, shizuku}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|дусал}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಹನಿ|tr=hani}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{tt|krc|тамчы}}
* Karakalpak: {{tt|kaa|tamshı}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|тамшы}}
* Khakas: {{tt|kjh|тамӌы}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|តំណក់|tr=tɑmnɑk}}
* Kikuyu: {{tt|ki|itaata|c5}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{tt|kpv|войт}}, {{tt|kpv|тёп}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|방울}}
* Kumyk: {{tt|kum|тамчы}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|دڵۆپ|tr=dillop}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|dilop}}, {{tt+|kmr|çip}}, {{tt+|kmr|çipik}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|тамчы}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ຢອດ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|lase}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|stilla|f}}, {{tt|la|stagona|f}}, {{tt|la|gutta|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|piliens|m}}, {{tt+|lv|lāse|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|lašas|m}}
* Lombard: {{tt|lmo|gótta|f}}, {{tt|lmo|guta|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt+|lb|Drëps|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|капка|f}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|titis}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|തുള്ളി}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|qatra|f}}
* Marathi: {{t+|mr|थेंब|m}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{tt|mhr|чӱчалтыш}}
*: Western Mari: {{tt|mrj|патька́лтыш}}
* Mon: {{tt+|mnw|တော်|tr=tok}}
* Mongolian: {{tt+|mn|дусал}}
* Nahuatl: {{tt|nah|chichipictli}}, {{tt|nah|centlachipintli}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|थोपा}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|tere|c5|c6}}
* Nogai: {{tt|nog|тамшы}}
* Northern Mansi: {{t-check|mns-nor|витсам}}, {{tt|mns-nor|раквсам}} {{attention|mns-nor|check that this is Northern Mansi and not some other variety}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|dråpe|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|drope|m}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|gota|f}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|каплꙗ|f}}, {{tt|cu|кроплꙗ|f}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|قطره|f|tr=qatrá}}, {{tt+|ps|زرامی|m|tr=zrāmáy}}, {{tt+|ps|دړی|m|tr=daṛáy}}, {{tt|ps|څاڅکى|m|tr=cãckay}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|قطره|tr=qatre}}, {{tt+|fa|چِکّه|tr=čekke}}, {{tt+|fa|ژیگ|tr=žig}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Drepp|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|kropla|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|gota|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|picătură|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ка́пля|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|braon|m}}, {{tt|gd|boinne|m|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|кап|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|kap|f}}
* Sherpa: {{tt|xsr|ཐིའ་བ|tr=thiiwa}}
* Shona: {{tt|sn|donhwe}}
* Shor: {{tt|cjs|шурлақ|tr=şurlaq}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|kvapka|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|kaplja|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{tt|alt|тамчы}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|gota|f}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|dropu}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|droppe|c}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|қатра}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|துளி}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|pʼȍʼóna}} {{qualifier|of water}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|тамчы}}
* Tausug: {{tt|tsg|tū}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|หยด}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ཐིག་པ}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|pältakw}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|damla}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|damja}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|дамды}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|тёпык}}, {{tt|udm|шапык}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|кра́пля|f}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|بوںد|f|tr=būnd}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|تامچە}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|tomchi}}, {{tt+|uz|qatra}}
* Venetan: {{tt+|vec|goẑa|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|giọt}}
* Waray-Waray: {{tt|war|tu-ro}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|таммах}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|טראָפּן}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tilk}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tippa}}
* Marathi: {{t+|mr|थेंब|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|kropla|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|liquid medicine intended to be administered in drops}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tippa}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|krople|f-p}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|very small quantity of liquid, or of anything}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|piisk}}, {{t|et|suts}}, {{t+|et|tiba}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pisara}}, {{tt+|fi|tippa}}, {{tt|fi|liraus}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|kropla|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|small amount of an alcoholic beverage}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|pits}}, {{t|et|naps}}, {{t|et|piisk}}, {{t|et|tilk}}, {{t+|et|pisar}}, {{t|et|klõmakas}}, {{t|et|lonks}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|liraus}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|single measure of whisky}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|naps}}, {{t|et|šott}}, {{t|et|pits}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|that which hangs or resembles a liquid globule}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|piisk}}, {{t|et|tilk}}, {{t+|et|pisar}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pisara}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|small, round piece of hard candy}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|драже|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|snoepje}}, {{tt+|nl|bolletje}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tablett}}, {{t|et|kuulike}}, {{t|et|patsill}}, {{t|et|tõruke}}, {{t|et|kommike}}, {{t|et|ponks}}, {{t|et|lutsukas}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|rae}}, {{tt+|fi|pastilli}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Bonbon|n|m}}, {{qualifier|sour}} {{tt+|de|Drops|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|παστίλια|f}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|מְצִיצָה|f|tr=m'tzitzá}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt|nb|nb|m|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|drops|m|n}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|drops|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|dropes|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|drajeu|n}}, {{tt+|ro|bomboană|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|драже́|n}}, {{tt+|ru|ледене́ц|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt|sh|dražeja|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|(''architecture'') ornament resembling a pendant|gutta}}

{{trans-top|thing which drops or hangs down}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|ripats}}, {{t|et|tilgats}}, {{t|et|kõlgats}}, {{t+|et|keel}}, {{t|et|pendel}}, {{t+|et|tila}}, {{t|et|kõra}}, {{t+|et|kara}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lukukaitse}}, {{t|et|lukukate}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|suojus}}, {{tt+|fi|kansi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|pudekas}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudokas}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|spad|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''American football'') dropped pass}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|trapdoor on a gallows}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|luuk}}, {{t|et|lavaluuk}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|luukku}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''online gaming, video games'') item dropped by a defeated enemy}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[pudotettu]] [[esine]]}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|drop|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|mechanism for lowering something}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|pudotin}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|drop hammer}}
{{trans-see|drop press}}

{{trans-top|curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|eesriie}}, {{t|et|lavakardin}}, {{t|et|loor}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|verho}}, {{tt|fi|väliverho}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|act or instance of dropping}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|pillama}}, {{t+|et|puistama}}, {{t|et|kukutama}}, {{t|et|langetama}}, {{t+|et|heitma}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudotus}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|sileadh|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-also|act of moving downwards under the force of gravity|descent|fall}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|անկում}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|val|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kukuma}}, {{t|et|langema}}, {{t|et|pudisema}}, {{t+|et|sadama}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|putoaminen}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|chute|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Fall|m}}, {{tt+|de|Sturz|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|πτώση|f}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|caduta|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|upadek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|queda|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|cădere|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|паде́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt+|sh|pad|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|caída|m}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fall|n}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|kȕphúone}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tarne}}, {{t|et|vedu}}, {{t|et|kättetoimetamine}}, {{t|et|kohaletoimetamine}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|toimitus}}, {{tt+|fi|kuljetus}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|release (of music, a video game, etc.)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|julkaisu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|pank}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|alkupanos}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''sports'') relegation from one division to a lower one}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|langus}}, {{t+|et|taandus}}, {{t|et|kukkumine}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|putoaminen}}
* German: {{t+|de|Abstieg|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|drop-back}}
{{trans-see|drop target}}
{{trans-see|drop kick}}

{{trans-top|decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|langemine}}, {{t|et|kukkumine}}, {{t|et|odavnemine}}, {{t|et|allakäik}}, {{t|et|mõõn}}, {{t|et|aeglustumine}}, {{t+|et|taandareng}}, {{t|et|vähenemine}}, {{t|et|vaegus}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|aleneminen}}, {{tt+|fi|heikkeneminen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|afgrond|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudotus}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|vide|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Abfall|m}}, {{tt+|de|Absturz|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|dislivello|m}}, {{tt+|it|ribasso|m}}, {{tt+|it|salto|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|obniżenie|n}}, {{tt+|pl|spadek|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|cădere|f}}, {{tt+|ro|prăbușire|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|обры́в|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|declive|m}}, {{tt+|es|descenso|m}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|stup|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudotus}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|vertical length of a hanging curtain}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|pikkus}}, {{t|et|kõrgus}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pituus}}, {{tt+|fi|korkeus}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|pudotuspaikka}}
* German: {{tt|de|der tote Briefkasten|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|zrzut|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|тайни́к|m}}, {{tt+|ru|схрон|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-also|point in a song where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone|climax|highlight}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|droppi}}, {{tt+|fi|käännekohta}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Romanian: {{qualifier|de nivel}} {{t+check|ro|scădere|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
{{multiple images
|direction = vertical
|image1 = French fries being prepared on board the USS Monterey (CG 61).jpg
|caption1 = [[French fry|French fries]] being dropped ''(verb sense 16.2)'' or [[deep-fry|deep-fried]] on board the [[w:USS Monterey (CG-61)|USS ''Monterey'' (CG-61)]].
|image2 = Lambing in England -10March2012 (2).jpg
|caption2 = A [[ewe]] dropping a [[lamb#Noun|lamb]] ''(verb sense 18)''.
}}

From {{inh|en|enm|droppen}}, {{m|enm|dropen|t=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}}{{nb...|drop, droupen, drouppen|otherforms=1}},<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=droppen|pos=v|id=MED12701}}</ref> from {{inh|en|ang|dropian}}, {{m|ang|droppian|t=to drop}},<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=v|id=57882|date=1897|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=v}}</ref> from {{m|ang|dropa|t=a drop}} (see further at [[#Etymology 1|etymology 1]]) + {{m|ang|-ian|pos={{glossary|suffix}} forming {{glossary|verb}}s from {{glossary|adjective}}s and {{glossary|noun}}s}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|past2=dropt|past2_qual=archaic}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a [[liquid#Noun|liquid]]: to [[fall#Verb|fall]] in [[drop#Noun|drops]] or [[droplet]]s. {{defdate|from 11th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Spenser Shepheardes Calender|chapter=November|folio=44|verso=1|passage=The kindlye dewe '''drops''' from the higher tree, / And wets the little plants that lowly dwell.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|also|figuratively}} To fall ([[straight#Adverb|straight]] [[down#Preposition|down]]) under the [[influence#Noun|influence]] of [[gravity]], like a drop of liquid. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|A single shot was fired and the bird '''dropped''' from the sky.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fall or [[sink#Verb|sink]] [[quickly]] or [[suddenly]] to the [[ground#Noun|ground]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Drop''' and give me thirty push-ups, private!}}
#: {{ux|en|If your clothes are on fire, stop, '''drop''', and roll.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[collapse]] in [[exhaustion]] or [[injury]]; also, to fall [[dead#Adjective|dead]], or to fall in [[death]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Robert Digby|chapter=[Letters to and from the Hon. Robert Digby. From 1717 to 1724.] Letter X [to {{w|Alexander Pope}}].|title=The Works of Alexander Pope Esq.|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed for}} J. and P. Knapton{{nb...|in Ludgate-Street.}}|date=12 September 1722<!--Gregorian calendar; 1 September 1722 according to the Julian calendar-->|year_published=1751|volume=VIII (Being the Second of His Letters)|page=43|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyYJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA43|oclc=1050460063|passage=Nothing, ſays {{w|Seneca}}, is ſo melancholy a circumſtance in human life, or ſo ſoon reconciles us to the thought of our own death, as the reflection and prospect of one friend after another '''dropping''' round us!}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fall into a [[particular#Adjective|particular]] [[condition#Noun|condition]] or [[state#Noun|state]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[come#Verb|come]] to an [[end#Noun|end]] (by not being [[keep up|kept up]]); to [[lapse#Verb|lapse]], to [[stop#Verb|stop]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
#* {{RQ:James Maisie|chapter=X|page=108|passage=When he again found privacy consistent, however—and it happened to be long in coming—he took up their conversation very much where it had '''dropped'''.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[decrease#Verb|decrease]], [[diminish]], or [[lessen]] in condition, [[degree]], [[value#Noun|value]], etc. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|The stock '''dropped''' 1.5% yesterday.}}
#: {{ux|en|We can take our vacation when the price of fuel '''drops'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|Watch for the temperature to '''drop''' sharply, then you’ll know the reaction is complete.}}
#: {{ux|en|The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it '''dropped''' in height over the summer.[[File:The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved.ogg]]}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=XXXVII|page=296|passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had '''dropped''' to the level of a casual labourer.}}
## {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a [[song]] or [[sound#Noun|sound]]: to [[lower#Verb|lower]] in [[key#Noun|key]], [[pitch#Noun|pitch]], [[tempo]], or other [[quality#Noun|quality]].
##: {{ux|en|My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they '''drop''' below C2.}}
##: {{ux|en|The song, 180 beats per minute, '''drops''' to 150 BPM near the end.}}
## {{senseid|en|Q502689}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a [[voice#Noun|voice]]: to lower in [[timbre]], often due to [[puberty]].
##: {{ux|en|Billy’s voice '''dropped''' suddenly when he turned 12.}}
##* {{quote-web|en|author=Genevieve Koski|title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: ''[[w:Believe (Justin Bieber album)|Believe]]''|work=w:The A.V. Club|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806012023/https://music.avclub.com/justin-bieber-believe-1798173278|archivedate=6 August 2020|date=26 June 2012|passage=The 18-year-old [[w:Justin Bieber|[Justin] Bieber]] can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have '''dropped''' a bit since the days of “[[w:Baby (Justin Bieber song)|Baby]],” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fall [[behind#Preposition|behind]] or to the [[rear#Noun|rear]] of a [[group#Noun|group]] of [[person|people]], etc., as a [[result#Noun|result]] of not keeping up with those at the [[front#Noun|front]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} ''Usually followed by'' '''[[by]]''', '''[[in]]''', or '''[[into]]''': of a person: to [[visit#Verb|visit]] someone or somewhere [[informally]] or without a [[prior#Adjective|prior]] [[appointment]].
#: {{ux|en|Do '''drop''' by soon and I’ll lend you that book.}}
#: {{ux|en|We’ll '''drop''' in on her tomorrow.}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=I|page=2|passage=He used to '''drop''' into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|computing|music|television|colloquial}} Of a [[programme#Noun|programme]], [[software]], a [[music#Noun|music]] [[album]] or [[song]], etc.: to [[enter#Verb|enter]] [[public#Adjective|public]] [[distribution]].
#: {{ux|en|The album ''Hip-Hop Xmas'' '''dropped''' in time for the holidays.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|gambling}} To [[drop out]] of the [[betting#Noun|betting]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1990|author=Stewart Wolpin|title=The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle|page=219
|passage=But more important, if I '''dropped''', Marty would have won the hand automatically.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|physiology|informal}} Of the [[testicle]]s: to [[hang#Verb|hang]] further away from the [[body]] and [[begin#Verb|begin]] [[produce#Verb|producing]] [[sperm]] due to puberty.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[let#Verb|let]] [[drop#Noun|drops]] fall; to [[discharge#Verb|discharge]] itself in drops.
#* {{RQ:KJV|Psalms|68|8|passage=The heavens {{...}} '''dropped''' at the presence of God.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[drip#Verb|drip]] (a liquid) in drops or [[small]] [[amount#Noun|amounts]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Sterne Tristram Shandy|passage=The recording angel, as he wrote it down, '''dropped''' a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.}}
#* {{RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass|passage=persons, '''dropping''' sweat-drops or blood-drops}}
# {{senseid|en|to let fall}} {{lb|en|transitive|ergative|also|figuratively}} To let (something) fall; to [[allow]] (something) to fall (either by [[release#Verb|releasing]] [[hold#Noun|hold]] of, or [[lose#Verb|losing]] one's [[grip#Noun|grip]] on). {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|Don’t '''drop''' that plate!&emsp;&emsp;&emsp; The police ordered the men to '''drop''' their weapons.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022 January 12|author=Benedict le Vay|title=The heroes of Soham...|journal=RAIL|issue=948|page=43|text=But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been '''dropped''' from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[move#Verb|move]] to a [[low#Adjective|lower]] [[position#Noun|position]]; to [[allow]] to hang [[downwards]]; to lower.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Agatha Christie|title=Murder on the Orient Express| location=London| publisher=HarperCollins|year=1934|year_published= 2017|chapter=8|page=129|passage=The stare seemed to abash Poirot. He '''dropped''' his eyes and began fiddling with the papers in front of him.}}
## To [[quickly]] lower or [[take down]] (one's [[trousers]]), especially in [[public#Noun|public]].
## {{lb|en|cooking}} To [[cook#Verb|cook]] ([[food]], especially [[fast food]]), particularly by lowering into [[hot#Adective|hot]] [[oil#Noun|oil]] to [[deep-fry#Verb|deep-fry]], or by [[grill#Verb|grilling]].
##: {{ux|en|'''Drop''' a basket of fries.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[reduce]]; to make smaller.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=Alexander Mamishev; Sean Williams|title=Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook|page=64
|passage=Here is a simple example: suppose you are in the process of writing a 15-page proposal and at a certain point you decide that, in order to fit all your material, you want to '''drop''' the font size from 12 to 11.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} Of an [[animal]] (usually a [[sheep]]): to [[give birth]] to ([[young#Noun|young]]); of a [[bird#Noun|bird]]: to [[lay#Verb|lay]] (an [[egg#Noun|egg]]).
#: {{ux|en|to '''drop''' a lamb}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mention#Verb|mention]] (something) [[casually]] or [[incidentally]], usually in [[conversation]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|The lecturer would '''drop''' hints whenever the students struggled.}}
#: {{ux|en|[[name-drop|name '''drop''']]}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Simon Reynolds|title=Energy Flash|year=2013|edition=new and revised| origyear=1998| publisher=Faber & Faber| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CXPZyYHLd-kC&lpg=PT135&dq=Energy%20Flash&pg=PT370#v=onepage&q=drop&f=false|isbn=978-0-571-28914-1| passage=By 1996, ‘jungle’ and ‘drum and bass’ were ''the'' words to '''drop'''.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To let (a [[letter#Noun|letter]], etc.) fall into a [[postbox]]; hence, to [[send#Verb|send]] (a letter, [[email]], or other [[message#Noun|message]]) in an [[offhand]] [[manner]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|As she had a free moment, she '''dropped''' her a text.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Drop''' me a note when you get to the city.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[make#Verb|make]] (someone or something) fall to the ground from a [[blow#Noun|blow]], [[gunshot]], etc.; to [[bring down]], to [[shoot down]]; to kill. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|Make any sudden movements and I will '''drop''' you!}}
#: {{ux|en|That gang rules the streets, '''dropping''' opponents with guns, bombs and other weapons.}}
#* '''1846,''' ed. by G. W. Nickisson, “Elephant-Shooting in Ceylon”, in ''[[w:Fraser's Magazine|Fraser's Magazine]]'', vol. XXXIII, no. CXCVII
#*: [https://books.google.com/books?id=mIYAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA562&dq=drop 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...
#*: [https://books.google.com/books?id=mIYAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA568&dq=dropped page 568] ...with a single shot he '''dropped''' him like a master of the art.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1892|author=Alexander A. A. Kinloch|title=Large Game Shooting in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZcXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126&dq=drop|page=126
|passage=As with all other animals, a shot behind the shoulder is the most likely to '''drop''' the beast on the spot {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1921|author=Daniel Henderson|title=Boone of the Wilderness|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=uq4cAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=dropped|page=54
|passage=He '''dropped''' the beast with a bullet in its heart.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1985|author=w:Beastie Boys|title=[[w:Paul Revere (song)|Paul Revere]]|passage=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 {{...}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[set down]] (someone or something) from a [[vehicle]]; to [[stop#Verb|stop]] and [[deliver]] or [[deposit#Verb|deposit]] (someone or something); to [[drop off]].
#: {{ux|en|Could you '''drop''' me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?}}
#: {{ux|en|I’ll be '''dropping''' the parcel at your place later.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To lower (a sound, a [[voice#Noun|voice]], etc.) in pitch or [[volume]].
## {{lb|en|transitive|music}} To [[tune#Verb|tune]] (a [[guitar]] [[string#Noun|string]], etc.) to a lower [[note#Noun|note]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cease#Verb|cease]] [[concern#Verb|concerning]] oneself over (someone or something); to have [[nothing]] more to [[do#Verb|do]] with (a [[discussion]], [[subject#Noun|subject]], etc.). {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|I’m tired of this subject. Will you just '''drop''' it?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Samuel Sharp|title=A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery|year=1739|passage=They suddenly '''dropt''' the pursuit.}}
#* {{RQ:Scott Guy Mannering|passage=The connection had been '''dropped''' many years.}}
#* {{RQ:Thackeray Virginians|passage=that astonishing ease with which fine ladies '''drop''' you and pick you up again}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[dispose#Verb|dispose]] or [[get rid of]] (something); to lose, to [[remove#Verb|remove]].
#: {{ux|en|I '''dropped''' ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cease to [[include#Verb|include]] (something), as if on a [[list#Noun|list]]; to [[dismiss]], to [[eject#Verb|eject]], to [[expel]].
#: {{ux|en|I’ve been '''dropped''' from the football team.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2 July 2019|author=Louise Taylor|journal=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/02/usa-england-womens-world-cup-match-report
|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cancel#Verb|cancel]] or cease to [[participate]] in (a [[scheduled#Adjective|scheduled]] [[course#Noun|course]], [[event#Noun|event]], or [[project#Noun|project]]).
#: {{ux|en|I had to '''drop''' calculus because it was taking up too much of my time.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022-10-13|author=Lisa Sanders, M.D.|title=She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue. Were Concussions to Blame?|journal=w:The New York Times Magazine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/13/magazine/jeavons-syndrome-diagnosis.html|passage=The specialists she had taken her daughter to see attributed her collection of symptoms to the lingering effect of the many concussions she suffered playing sports. She had at least one concussion every year since she was in the fourth grade. Because of her frequent head injuries, her parents made her '''drop''' all her sports.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}}
## To lose, [[spend#Verb|spend]], or otherwise [[part with]] ([[money]]). {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1949|title=The Atlantian|volume=8|location=Atlanta|publisher=United States Penitentiary|page=41
|passage=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.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=Lisa Reardon|title=Blameless: A Novel|page=221|publisher=Random House
|passage=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.}}
## To [[pass#Verb|pass]] or [[use#Verb|use]] ([[counterfeit#Adjective|counterfeit]] [[cheque]]s, money, etc.).
## To [[impart]] (something).
##: {{ux|en|I '''drop''' knowledge wherever I go.}}
## ''Especially in'' '''[[drop acid]]''': to [[swallow#Verb|swallow]] (a [[drug#Noun|drug]], particularly [[LSD]]). {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|computing|music|television|colloquial}} To [[release#Verb|release]] (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
#: {{ux|en|They '''dropped''' the album ''Hip-Hop Xmas'' in time for the holidays.}}
#: {{ux|en|That hacker has been threatening to '''drop''' my docs [i.e. publish my personal information].}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|linguistics}} To [[fail#Verb|fail]] to [[write#Verb|write]], or (especially) to [[pronounce]] (a [[syllable]], letter, etc.). {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|Cockneys '''drop''' their aitches.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|music}}
## To [[play#Verb|play]] (a [[portion#Noun|portion]] of [[music#Noun|music]]) in the manner of a [[disc jockey]].
##: {{ux|en|I love it when he '''drops''' his funky beats.}}
##: {{ux|en|That guy can '''drop''' the bass like a monster.}}
## To [[perform]] ([[rap music]]).
##: {{ux|en|Yo, I '''drop''' rhymes like nobody’s business.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|sports}}
## {{lb|en|originally|US}} To ([[unexpectedly]]) lose (a [[competition]], [[game#Noun|game]], etc.).
## {{lb|en|cricket}} Of a [[fielder]]: to [[fail#Verb|fail]] to [[dismiss]] (a [[batsman]]) by [[accidentally]] dropping a [[bat#Verb|batted]] [[ball#Noun|ball]] that had [[initially]] been [[catch#Verb|caught]].
##: {{ux|en|Warne '''dropped''' Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball.}}
## {{lb|en|rugby}} To [[score#Verb|score]] (a [[goal]]) [[by means of]] a [[drop kick]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[cover#Verb|cover]] (something) with or as if with drops, especially of a [[different]] [[colour#Noun|colour]]; to [[bedrop]], to [[variegate]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|text=their waved coats '''dropped''' with gold|year=1873}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|computing}} To enter a more basic interface.
#: {{ux|en|Next, you '''drop''' to a shell.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
#: {{ux|en|The next step '''drops''' the user to a recovery shell.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|drag-and-drop
|drop a bollock|chop and drop
|drop a bomb
|drop a dime|drop call|drop-call
|drop anchor
|drop back|undropped
|drop-back
|drop-ball
|drop bear
|drop by
|drop cap
|drop cloth
|drop curtain
|drop dead
|drop-dead|drop into
|drop-down
|drop goal
|drop in
|drop-in|adrop|dropcloth|dropfile|drophead|drophole|dropitis|dropleaf|droplifting|droppable|misdrop|overdrop
|drop kerb
|drop kick
|drop-kick
|drop-kicker
|drop-leaf
|drop like flies
|dropoff
|drop off
|drop-off
|dropout
|drop out
|drop-out
|dropper
|droppings
|drop scene
|drop scone|droppingly
|drop shot
|drop someone a line
|drop the ball
|drop the gloves
|drop the mic
|drop trou
|drop-add form
|drop-leaf table
|dropped goal|drop like a hot skillet|pin-dropping
|jaw-dropping
|name-drop
|name-dropping
|one can hear a pin drop
|the penny drops
|wait for the other shoe to drop|drop one's beads|drop the hammer|drop the soap
|could hear a pin drop|don't drop the soap|drag and drop|drag-drop|drop a bombshell|drop a brick|drop a chalupa|drop a clanger|drop a deuce|drop a dime on someone|drop a hint|drop a load|drop a log|drop a nickel|drop astern|drop away|drop behind|drop dimes|drop down|drop like a bad habit|drop like a hot brick|drop like a hot potato|drop off the hooks|drop off the radar|drop one's bundle|drop one's guard|drop one's guts|drop round|drop science|drop ship|drop someone in it|drop the bomb|drop the f-bomb|drop the F-bomb|drop the H-bomb|drop the hand|drop the kiddies off at the pool|drop the kids off at the pool|drop the topic|drop the writ|drop trow|let the matter drop|make someone's jaw drop|one could hear a pin drop|so quiet one can hear a pin drop|so quiet one could hear a pin drop|so quiet you can hear a pin drop|someone's jaw dropped| dropped ceiling|dropped egg|dropped goal|dropped head syndrome|dropped scone|dropping fire|dropping point|jar-dropping}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to fall in drops or droplets}}{{multitrans|data=
* Estonian: {{t+|et|sadama}}, {{t|et|tibutama}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tiputtaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|tropfen}}, {{t+|de|tröpfeln}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|kropić|impf}}, {{tt+|pl|kapać|impf}}, {{tt|pl|kapnąć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|pingar}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|droppa}}, {{tt+|sv|fälla}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|ընկնել}}
* Asturian: {{tt|ast|cayer}}, {{tt|ast|caer}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|падам}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|caure}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|滴|tr=dik6}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|vallen}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tilkuma}}, {{t+|et|sadama}}, {{t|et|kukkuma}}, {{t|et|langema}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tippua}}, {{tt+|fi|pisaroida}}, {{tt+|fi|pudota}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|tomber}}
* German: {{tt+|de|fallen}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|langeta}}, {{t|izh|tokkua}}, {{t|izh|puntsahtaa}}, {{t|izh|puota}}
* Irish:
*: Old Irish: {{tt|sga|snigid}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|cadere}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|降下する|tr=こうかする, kōkasuru}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|makere}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|खस्नु}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|spadać|impf}}, {{tt+|pl|spaść|pf}}, {{tt+|pl|upadać|impf}}, {{tt+|pl|upaść|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|cair}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|scăpa}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|па́дать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|упа́сть|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|tuit}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|spadnúť}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|caer}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|falla}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|పడు}}, {{tt+|te|పడిపోవు}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kukkuma}}, {{t+|et|sadama}}, {{t|et|langema}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kaatua}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|велаш}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|padnąć}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|deitar-se}}, {{tt|pt|[[deixar]]-[[se]] [[cair]]}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|опуска́ться|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|опусти́ться|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|crùb}}
* Swedish: {{tt|sv|lägga sig ned}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|పడు}}, {{tt+|te|పడిపోవు}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|langema}}, {{t|et|hukkuma}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kaatua}}, {{tt+|fi|kuukahtaa}}, {{tt+|fi|kupsahtaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|zusammenbrechen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to fall into a particular condition or state}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|joutua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-also|to come to an end (by not being kept up)|lapse|stop}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|loppua}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|tappa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|спадам}}, {{tt|bg|понижавам се}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|dalen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|laskea}}, {{tt+|fi|pudota}}, {{tt+|fi|pudottaa}}, {{tt+|fi|tippua}}
* German: {{t+|de|sinken}}, {{t+|de|abnehmen}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ísligh}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|降下する|tr=こうかする, kōkasuru}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|tracić na wartości}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|baixar}}, {{tt+|pt|cair}}, {{tt+|pt|diminuir}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|па́дать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|упа́сть|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|tuit}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|caer}}, {{tt+|es|descender}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|falla}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|పడు}}, {{tt+|te|పడిపోవు}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ཆག}}
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{{trans-top|to fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those in front}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[jäädä]] [[joukko|joukosta]]}}, {{tt|fi|jäädä jälkeen}}
* German: {{t+|de|zurückfallen}}
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{{trans-top|of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|piipahtaa}}, {{tt+|fi|käväistä}}
* German: {{t+|de|vorbeischauen}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|wpaść|pf}}, {{tt+|pl|wpadać|impf}}
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{{trans-top|of a programme, software, music, etc.: to enter public distribution}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|ilmestyä}}
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{{trans-top|to drop out of the betting}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[jäädä]] [[pois]]}}
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{{trans-top|of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|laskeutua}}
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{{trans-top|to drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tiputtaa}}, {{tt+|fi|pisaroida}}, {{tt|fi|ripottaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|tropfen}}, {{t+|de|tröpfeln}}
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{{trans-top|to let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on)}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|أَسْقَطَ}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|գցել}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|scap}}, {{tt|rup|ascap}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|পেলা}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|губля́ць|impf}}, {{tt|be|згубі́ць|pf}}, {{tt|be|упуска́ць|impf}}, {{tt|be|упусці́ць|pf}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|изпускам}}
* Burmese: {{t-needed|my}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|[[deixar]] [[caure]]}}
* Cebuano: {{tt|ceb|hulog}}
* Cherokee: {{tt|chr|ᎤᏬᎰᏎᎭ}} {{qualifier|a solid object}}, {{tt|chr|ᎠᏙᎥᏅᏗᎭ}} {{qualifier|a living creature or a flexible object}}, {{tt|chr|ᎠᏐᎣᏅᏗᎭ}} {{qualifier|a long object}}, {{tt|chr|ᎪᎲᎾᏗᎭ}} {{qualifier|something liquid}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|掉落|tr=shǐ diàoluò|alt=使掉落}}, {{tt+|cmn|落地|tr=shǐ luòdì|alt=使落地}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|upustit|pf}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|falde}}
* Dutch: {{tt|nl|laten vallen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudottaa}}, {{tt+|fi|tiputtaa}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|laisser tomber}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{tt|de|fallen lassen}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|הִפִּיל|tr=hipíl}}
* Higaonon: {{tt|mba|naholog}}
* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|elejt}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|detta}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lasciare}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|落とす|tr=おとす, otosu}}
* Kaurna: {{tt|zku|worniappendi}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ទម្លាក់|tr=tumleak}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|떨어뜨리다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|خستن}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|dēmittō}}
* Malay: {{t-needed|ms}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|खसाउनु}}, {{tt|ne|खस्न दिनु}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|slippe}}
* Old Norse: {{tt|non|detta}}
* Persian: {{t-needed|fa}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|upuszczać}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|largar}}, {{tt|pt|[[deixar]] [[cair]]}}, {{tt+|pt|soltar}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|scăpa}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|роня́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|урони́ть|pf}}, {{tt+|ru|броса́ть|impf}} {{qualifier|intentional}}, {{tt+|ru|бро́сить|pf}} {{qualifier|intentional}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|leig às}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt+|sh|ispustiti|pf}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|pušćaś|impf}}
* Spanish: {{tt|es|dejar caer}}, {{t+|es|soltar}}, {{t+|es|echar}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|kuangusha}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|släppa}}, {{tt+|sv|tappa}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|หยด}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ལག་པ་ནས་ཤོར}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|упуска́ти|impf}}, {{tt|uk|упусти́ти|pf}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt|vi|buông rơi}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|drippe}}, {{tt|fy|falle}}
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{{trans-top-also|to move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards|lower}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|laskea}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ísligh}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|spuścić|pf}}, {{tt+|pl|spuszczać|impf}}
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{{trans-top|to quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[laskea]] [[housut|housunsa]] ([[alas]])}}
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{{trans-top|to cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|upottaa}}, {{tt+|fi|laskea}}
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{{trans-top|of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|synnyttää}}, {{tt+|fi|munia}} {{qualifier|egg}}
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{{trans-top|to mention (something) casually or incidentally}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|heittää}}
* German: {{t+|de|fallenlassen}}
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{{trans-top|to let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|heittää}}, {{tt+|fi|lähettää}}
* German: {{t+|de|einwerfen}}
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{{trans-top|to make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudottaa}}, {{tt+|fi|tiputtaa}}
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{{trans-see|to set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something)|drop off}}

{{trans-top|to lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|laskea}}, {{tt+|fi|pudota}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ísligh}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|ściszać|impf}}, {{tt+|pl|ściszyć|pf}}
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{{trans-top|to cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, etc.)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lopettaa}}
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{{trans-see|to dispose or get rid of|lose|remove}}

{{trans-top-also|to cease to include, as if on a list|dismiss|eject|expel}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|uitstoten}}, {{tt+|nl|verwijderen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|poistaa}}, {{tt+|fi|pudottaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|streichen}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|odwołać}}, {{tt+|pl|usuwać}}, {{tt+|pl|wyrzucać}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|dispensar}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|выбра́сывать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|вы́бросить|pf}}, {{tt+|ru|сбра́сывать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|сбро́сить|pf}} {{qualifier|weight}}, {{tt+|ru|выки́дывать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|вы́кинуть|pf}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|తొలగించు}}, {{tt|te|వదిలించుకొను}}
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{{trans-top|to cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lopettaa}}
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{{trans-top|to lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pulittaa}}
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{{trans-top|to pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|käyttää}}
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{{trans-top-also|to impart|impart}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|jakaa}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|esparcir}}, {{tt+|es|regar}}
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{{trans-top|to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|napata}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|bevesz}}, {{tt+|hu|lenyel}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|wrzucić}}, {{tt+|pl|zapodać}}, {{tt+|pl|zarzucić}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|заки́дываться|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|заки́нуться}}
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{{trans-top|to release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|julkaista}}
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{{trans-top|to fail to write or pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.)}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|пропускам}}
* Dutch: {{tt|nl|laten vallen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudottaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|auslassen}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|engolir}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|пропуска́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|пропусти́ть|pf}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|tappa}}
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{{trans-top|to play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|soittaa}}
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{{trans-top|to perform (rap music)}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|iskeä}}
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{{trans-top|to (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.)}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[kokea]] [[yllätystappio]]}}
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{{trans-top|(''cricket'') of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pudottaa}}
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{{trans-top|(''rugby'') to score (a goal) by means of a drop kick}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[tehdä]] [[pudotuspotkumaali]]}}
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* Dutch: {{t-check|nl|([[gaan]]) [[liggen]]}}
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===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dopr|dorp|prod.|Pro-D|Prod.|Prod|prod}}

{{c|en|Liquids|Recreational drugs}}
{{cln|en|contranyms}}

==Czech==
{{wp|lang=cs}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|cs|op|s=1}}
* {{homophones|cs|drob}}

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|cs|sla-pro|*dropъty}}, which is a compound, whose first part is probably from {{cog|ine-pro|*dreh₂-||run}} and the other from {{cog|sla-pro|*pъta||bird}}, which is probably based on {{cog|ine-pro|*put-||a young, a child, a little animal}}.<ref name="Rejzek1"/><ref name="Rejzek2"/>

====Noun====
{{cs-noun|m-an}}

# [[bustard]]

=====Declension=====
{{cs-ndecl|m.an.nompli:ové}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|cs|en|drop||act of dropping}}.

====Noun====
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|cs|golf}} [[drop#English|dropping]] a new ball from hand from shoulder height and arm's length, if the original ball was lost

=====Declension=====
{{cs-ndecl|m}}

===References===
<references>
<ref name="Rejzek1">{{R:cs:Rejzek 2015|drop|157–158}}</ref>
<ref name="Rejzek2">{{R:cs:Rejzek 2015|pták|569}}</ref>
</references>

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

{{C|cs|Gruiforms}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nl|dum|drope||drop}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|dropo}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*drupô}}. The sense “licorice” developed from the sense “drop of licorice extract”; compare also {{cog|en|lemon drop}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/drɔp/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-drop.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|drop}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɔp|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|-en|+|dim2=-pie}}

# [[droplet]]
#: {{syn|nl|drup|druppel}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|g2=n|-|+|dim2=-pie}}

# [[licorice]], especially a variety sold as small [[sweets]]/[[candies]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|nl
|dropje
|droplul
|dropveter
|Engelse drop
|honingdrop
|salmiakdrop
}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|nl
|droppel
|drup
|druppel
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|pey|derop|d'rop}}
* {{desc|pap|dròp|bor=1}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|dorp}}

{{cln|nl|ablauted verbal nouns}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|en|drop}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|drope}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-drop.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{lb|fr|rugby}} [[drop goal]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl|dropie}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|pl|sla-pro|*dropъty}}, whose first part is probably from {{der|pl|ine-pro|*dreh₂-||run}} and the other from {{cog|sla-pro|*pъta||bird}}, which is probably based on {{cog|ine-pro|*put-||a young, a child, a little animal}}.<ref name="Rejzek1">{{R:cs:Rejzek 2015|drop|157–158}}</ref><ref name="Rejzek2">{{R:cs:Rejzek 2015|pták|569}}</ref>

Compare {{cog|cs|drop}} and {{cog|ru|дрофа}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|Trappe}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-drop.wav|hh=Drob,Drop}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-anml}}

# [[bustard]] {{gl|any bird of the family {{taxfmt|Otididae|family}}, especially the [[great bustard]] ({{taxfmt|Otis tarda|species}}) or any member of the genus {{taxfmt|Ardeotis|genus}}}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun
|drop|dropie
|dropia|dropi/dropiów
|dropiowi|dropiom
|dropia|dropie
|dropiem|dropiami
|dropiu|dropiach
|dropie|dropie
}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Otidimorph birds}}