pin-drop
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The sound of a small metal pin dropping onto the ground or a floor; notable because a falling pin makes almost no sound when it hits the ground except for when a setting is so quiet that even the smallest, negligible noise would be noticeable.
adj
Small or inconsequential.
Example Sentences
- "Like a pin-drop in a deep ocean, the news of Amos Tutuola's death came quite unceremoniously to Nigerians early this week. His passage became almost unnoticed [...]"
- "[...] a frail voice said, "Hello?" sounding more like a pin-drop than a thud."
- "He made two preparations: one pin-drop of blood on one slide, and a lump the size of a pea spread thin on another."
- "You have to rub the body with just one pindrop of this ointment."
- "in his heart, a mere "pin drop" can change the perspective. Her tardiness and her getting lost a few minutes after they hung up, is already one "pin drop" too many."
- "They also suggested I take constant antibiotics for weeks. I never had any infection, not one pin drop of pus."
Inflected Forms
pin-drops (plural)
more pin-drop (comparative)
most pin-drop (superlative)