drop
/dɹɑp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.99 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
noun
A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
noun
A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
noun
A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
noun
A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
Australian usage; British usage
Example Sentences
- "Put three drops of oil into the mixture."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "ear drops eye drops"
- "My aunt asked for just a drop more tea."
Etymology
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 *dropō (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”),, from *dreupaną (“to drip, droop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to drip, drop”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Droupe, Druppe (“drop”), Dutch drop, drup (“droplet”), German Tropfen (“drop”), German Low German Drüpp (“drop”), Luxembourgish Drëps (“drop”), Vilamovian tropa, troppa (“drop”), Yiddish טראָפּן (tropn, “drop”), Danish dråbe (“drop”), Faroese and Icelandic dropi (“drop”), Norwegian Bokmål dråpe (“drop”), Norwegian Nynorsk drope (“drop”), Swedish droppe (“drop”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɹɑp/
- British English: /dɹɒp/
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Informal
- American usage
- Dated
- Slang
- Intransitive verb
- Colloquial
Inflected Forms
drops (plural)
drap (alternative, pronunciation spelling)
drops (present, singular)
dropping (participle, present)
dropped (participle, past)
dropped (past)
dropt (archaic, participle)
dropt (archaic, past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
dropped (first person, past)
dropt (archaic, first person)