Dropping — synonyms, definition

1. dropping (Adjective)

falling

dropping (Adjective) — Coming down freely under the influence of gravity. ex. "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"

2. dropping (Verb)

casting casting off cutting down dangling degenerating deteriorating devolving discharging dismissing dribbling dripping dropping down dropping off expending felling flattening knocking off leaving out losing missing • • •

dropping (Verb) — Let fall to the ground. ex. "Don't drop the dishes"

dropping (Verb) — To fall vertically. ex. "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

dropping (Verb) — Go down in value. ex. "Stock prices dropped"

dropping (Verb) — Fall or descend to a lower place or level. ex. "He dropped to his knees"

dropping (Verb) — Terminate an association with. ex. "drop him from the Republican ticket"

dropping (Verb) — Utter with seeming casualness. ex. "drop a hint"; drop names"

dropping (Verb) — Stop pursuing or acting. ex. "drop a lawsuit"

dropping (Verb) — Leave at a destination; remove from a transport container. ex. "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

dropping (Verb) — Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. ex. "drop a tree"

dropping (Verb) — (sport) lose (a game). ex. "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"

dropping (Verb) — Pay out. ex. "drop money"

dropping (Verb) — (music) lower the pitch of (musical notes).

dropping (Verb) — Hang freely. ex. "The light dropped from the ceiling"

dropping (Verb) — Stop associating with. ex. "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

dropping (Verb) — Let or cause to fall in drops. ex. "drop oil into the mixture"

dropping (Verb) — Get rid of.

dropping (Verb) — Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth. ex. "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"

dropping (Verb) — Omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing. ex. "New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"

dropping (Verb) — Leave undone or leave out.

dropping (Verb) — Change from one level to another. ex. "She dropped into army jargon"

dropping (Verb) — Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death. ex. "shop til you drop"

dropping (Verb) — Grow worse.

dropping (Verb) — Give birth; used for animals. ex. "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

altering bearing birthing canning ceasing changing changing posture coming down cutting declining delivering descending discontinuing dismissing displacing doing drugs drugging eliding expressing falling • • • abscising affording air-dropping autotomising autotomizing blowing chopping down committing consuming cutting declining depleting drooping dropping open dumping eating eating up economising economizing exfoliating • • •