drop

n

1. globule, glob, droplet, bead, gutta; blob, bubble; dewdrop, pearl, tear; spheroid, oval; earring, ornament, pendant.

2.(usu. all of liquid) small quantity, bit, little, Inf. smidgen, minim, Chiefly Brit., Inf. spot; speck, trickle, splotch, daub, dash, pinch, dab, trace, sprinkling; driblet, particle, mite, modicum, minimum, moiety; (all usu. of alcohol) swallow, dram, toast, sip, draught, Inf. nip, Inf. bracer, Inf. swig.

3. confection, candy, hard candy, sweet, bonbon, Trademark. life-saver; lozenge, cough drop, glycerine tablet.

4. fall, descent, declivity, slope, sloping; incline, inclination, declination, declension; precipice, abyss, chasm.

5. decline, fall-off, drop-off; depreciation, devaluation; deterioration, downgrade, downturn, downslide; diminution, decrease, lessening; reduction, cutback, fall-back.

6. trapdoor, gallows, gibbet, swing, scaffold, platform.

v

7. fall in drops, drip, trickle, dribble; distill, sprinkle; leak, ooze, seep, filter, percolate.

8. sink, fall, descend, precipitate; dive, plunge, plummet, swoop; plop, fall plump.

9. fall down, faint, swoon, be stricken, collapse; die, fall dead, drop dead.

10. abandon, forsake, desert, leave behind, throw over, jilt, run out on, Inf. leave flat; discard, cast off, jettison, throw away, get rid of, toss out, Inf. ditch, Inf. chuck.

11. discontinue, give up, retire from, withdraw from, stop, end, cease, Inf. quit cold; throw up, lose hope of, despair of; forbear, desist from; forgo, do or go without, dispense with, waive, lay aside.

12. repudiate, reject, disown, renounce; renege, forswear, disavow, disclaim, recant; bail out of, pull out of, bow out of, Inf. back out of.

13. squat, crouch, lie low; cringe, cower.

14. sink, fall lower, drop off, fall off, decline; diminish, lessen, subside, slacken, dwindle, taper off; decrease, depreciate.

15. reduce, curtail, cut, slash; bring down, lower, depress; demote, degrade.

16. discharge, unload, set down, leave off, let off; let go of, release, ungrip; shed, slough off, cast off, doff, discard.

17. omit, leave out, eliminate, deselect; (usu. in reference to speech or writing) elide, slur, blend, contract.

18. fell, floor, bring down; shoot, kill, murder, (of game) bag. See kill.

19. dismiss, discharge, oust, Sl. bounce; fire, let go, Sl. sack, Inf. give [s.o.] his walking papers.

20.(all of animals) give birth to, bear, bring forth, litter, spawn; foal, lamb, calve, whelp, pup, kitten.

21. drop offa. fall asleep, doze, doze off, drowse, Inf. snooze, nap, nod.b. decline, decrease. See def.14 above.