Added 9 October 2026
drop
/dɹɒp/ noun
In Latin: stilla, stagona, gutta Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about drop at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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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.
Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
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A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
ear drops eye drops
verb
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.
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Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
When you defeat this boss, there's a chance a power-up will drop.
Origin
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”).
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