• Dutch: laten vallen
• Swedish: tappa

• Polish: zarzucić, wrzucić, zapodać
• Russian: закидываться/закинуться (zakídyvat's'a/zakínut's'a)

Derived terms

• a drop in the bucket
• air-drop
• at the drop of a hat
• black drop effect
• cough drop
• dewdrop
• drop a bollock
• drop a bomb
• drop a dime
• drop a line
• drop-add form
• drop back, drop-back
• drop-ball
• drop by
• drop cap
• drop cloth
• drop curtain
• drop dead, drop-dead
• drop-down
• drop goal
• drop in, drop-in
• drop kerb
• drop kick, drop-kicker
• drop-leaf table
• droplet
• drop like flies
• drop off, dropoff, drop-off
• drop out, dropout, drop-out
• dropper
• droppings
• drop scene
• drop scone
• drop shot
• drop the ball
• drop trou
• eye-drop
• get the drop on
• name-drop, name-dropping
• one drop
• one-drop rule
• the penny drops
• Turkey drop
• raindrop
• so quiet one can hear a pin drop
• teardrop
• waiting for the other shoe to drop

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

drop , and ; tendency towards using the masculine form mostly both in the Netherlands and Flanders (diminutive'' dropje)

1. licorice, especially a distinct form of very salty licorice sold as small round candies.

Synonyms

• zoethout

French

Etymology

From drop.

Pronunciation

• /dʁɔp/, /dROp/

Noun

fr-noun m

1. drop goal

Drop or similar may refer to:

• Drop (unit), a unit of measure of volume
• Drop (liquid) or droplet, a small volume of liquid
• Drop (telecommunication) or dropout in telecommunications
• Drop (broadcasting), radio broadcasting term for a very short sound clip
• Drop (breakdance move), a breakdance move
• Drop (The Shamen album), an album by the Shamen
• Item drop, a videogaming term
• Lemon drop, a sugary, lemon-flavored candy
• Drop, a sweet or salty liquorice confectionery originating from the Netherlands
• Dead drop, a term used in espionage to exchange messages covertly between spies
• Cough drop, also known as a throat lozenge
• Eye drops, saline (sometimes mydriatic) drops used as medication for the eyes
• Drop off, a mountain biking term
• Drop noseband, a type of noseband used on the bridle of a horse
• Drop (baseball bat), or a length-to-weight relation for baseball bats; it is the weight in ounces minus the length in inches
• Break (music) or Drop, a section in music where the music will crescendo to a climax, pause briefly, then resume
• Drop (song), a track by The Pharcyde from their album Labcabincalifornia
• DROPS logistic vehicles used by the British Army
• Drops (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation character) is a fictional character in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

See also:

• Dropout

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