dropping

verbfall in globules
verblet go of; fall
verbabandon; ignore

Synonyms for dropping

verb fall in globules

Antonyms for dropping

Word Origin & History

Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cf. Old Saxon dropo, Old Norse dropi, Dutch drop, Old High German tropfo, German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu-.

Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can be left illicitly and picked up later" is from 1931.

Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix:15 [KJV]. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857. To get the drop on someone originally was Old West gunslinger slang (1869).

Example Sentences for dropping

It was set a-going, not by wheels and weights like other clocks, but by the dropping of water.

Dropping the weapon from his hand it still dangled by the loop.

"They ain't worth much," he said, dropping them, with a conclusive air.

"He did well to come to terms with them," continued Hopper, dropping his voice.

I was dead with fatigue, and was dropping off to sleep in my bed in the car.

"Mama, I heard you in papa's room," Alice said, not dropping the note of complaint.

Now, sir, you will oblige me by dropping that attitude of surprised indignation.

In dropping me without a word, as if I had been an impostor?

"This is my city residence," said the host, dropping into a chair.

Try if the fat is hot by dropping a crumb into it; if it browns at once, put in the fish.

dropping

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downhill

elimination

fatigued

lessening

liquidation

dropping

Synonyms for dropping

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More words related to dropping

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downhill

elimination

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